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ter, "you have stayed so long to please yourself, now remain a little 

 longer to pleasure I !" 



At length the rider was disposed to move, but in an opposite direc- 

 tion to that which the colt was inclined to travel. The animal was also 

 willing to trot briskly, but the farmer would sanction nothing faster than 

 a walk. Accordingly, the pair slowly moved five miles out, and trotted 

 five miles home. Then the quadruped was placed before an empty 

 manger, and left, tired and hungry, to its night's meditations on the evils 

 of disobedience. The above narrative, of course, concludes by stating 

 that the animal proved docile " forever afterward. " 



The obvious intention of the above is to discourage the employment 

 of force. The strongest man cannot physically contend against the 

 weakest horse. Man's power reposes in better attributes than any 

 which reside in thews and muscles. E,eason, alone, should dictate and 

 control his conduct. Thus guided, mortals have subdued the elements. 

 For power, when mental, is without limit : by savage violence nothing 

 is attained, but the man is often humbled through a conviction of 

 defeat. 



A PLAIN SNAFrLE. 



A T-WlflTED SNAFFLE. 



A CHAIN SNAFFLE. 



Every species of bit is evidence of a human mistake, and the wrench 

 which it can exert is only the measure of the error. Many valuable 

 animals are annually ruined, under a prejudiced notion about subduing 

 a stubborn spirit. The horse is bom submissive. It by nature acknowl* 



