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the ignorance and brutality of his rider the unfortun- 

 ate horse is permanently disfigured, and he is sold 

 for a few pounds to drag out a weary, miserable 

 existence in some lower sphere of labour in the busy 

 world of turmoil and din. 



DRUNKEN RIDERS. 



Many cases of broken knees in horses can be 

 identified with carelessness and unkindness arising 

 out of different circumstances in different cases. It 

 is lamentable that it should be so, yet, so long as 

 there are careless, cruel, bad-tempered, and drunken 

 men, so long will there be smashed knees in our 

 poor horses. And here it may be asked of those 

 who favour the evolutionary theory that the horse 

 possesses reason, if he would ever submit to the 

 wanton abuse often inflicted upon him by a drunken 

 rider .'' Nay ! he submits in deference to his rider's 

 wish, in accordance to the dictates of his own in- 

 stinct, while such a rider descends from the loftier 

 platform of intelligent reason and reduces himself 

 parallel with the dumb creature he tortures. In a 

 case like this, instinct, though not stronger, is cer- 

 tainly more consistent than reason, distorted as it 

 becomes under the evil and demoralising influence 

 of drunkenness. 



HOW TO DRIVE UP AND DOWN HILLS. 



In the case of driving, like riding, the great 

 majority of accidents that casually happen can be 



