HINTS ON TRAINING HORSEi. 



The form, proportions, muscular powers, and 

 swillness of the horse, combined with its spirit, 

 docility, and intelligence, expressly fit it for the 

 use of man. It is alike serviceable for draft and 

 the saddle. From its primeval nursery it has 

 radiated in all directions ; it has accompanied 

 man in his wanderings over the world. To the 

 industrious inhabitant of the thronged city, to 

 the agriculturist, to the sportsman who follows 

 the chase for pleasure, and to him who scours 

 the plains in quest of prey, a " mighty hunter 

 before the Lord,'' this noble, beautiful, but too 

 often ill-treated creature, is either important or 

 essential. It performs the drudgery of toilsome 

 servitude ; it draws the peaceful plough, and 

 dashes on in battle amidst withering volleys of 

 musketry and the clash of gleaming swords. Man 

 owes a deep debt of gratitu ie to the horse, and is 

 bound to acknowledge his sense of its value by 

 humanity and kindness. In its natural state, 

 the horse is gregarious j and in domestication it 

 exhibits the same propensity to associate with its 

 fellows. In the field they herd together, fono 

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