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BREEDING. 



Tlie mother, after her title is confirmed, should always receive her 

 food out of some vessel, which a man should hold during the time it is 

 consumed. Much good is thus effected by allaying the fear natural to 

 maternity; the person so occupied should carefully abstain from any act 

 which might alarm the anxiety of a newly-made parent. The same in- 

 dividual should not always present the meal ; but different people should 

 assume this office, so the animal may be thus trained to regard men as 

 friends, and taught to depend upon the generosity of its superiors. By 

 degrees, the foal should be coaxed to accept morsels from the hand of 

 its attendant; advantage should then be taken to pat and to fondle the 

 timid youngster. The puq^ort of such lessons is quickly understood ; 



FEBDINa THE DAM, AND COAXING THE FOAL TO EAT. 



for the horse appears naturally to value, far higher than is its worth, any 

 act of condescension from the appointed master. There seems to exist 

 a yearning toward its custodian, and it is surprising to witness with 

 what persistency the human race repel this instinct. The sole object of 

 man — who should by right of moral appreciation and of intellectual cul- 

 ture subdue, tame, and domesticate the creatures of this earth- ^appar- 



