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such a system, it is doubtful if the unreasonable 

 requirements of such men would be adequately met. 



KINDNESS versus CRUELTY, AND REASON 

 versus INSTINCT. 



The author trusts that the following facts have 

 been firmly established, viz., that the judicious exer- 

 cise of uniform kindness is far more beneficial in its 

 results than carelessness and cruelty, and that brute 

 instinct is a force which must always yield to the con- 

 quering power of man's intelligent and constructive 

 reason, in all circumstances, however great the odds 

 may be against it. All those who have the direct 

 management of horses should therefore realise the 

 grave duty incumbent upon them, from their loftier 

 sphere of reason, to treat these dumb members of the 

 brute creation with due consideration and regard. 



In concluding, the writer urgently and earnestly 

 enjoins on men the necessity of remembering that 

 they are men (for a man can only abuse a horse when 

 his better reason deserts him), and if they do this, 

 they will never forget the impassable gulf that 

 separates them from the lower animal world, but will 

 appreciate the higher and nobler power with which 

 they are endowed, and will exercise on all occasions, 

 not only to horses, but to all members of the brute 

 creation, that generous kindness and consideration 

 which render the toils of existence sweet, and make 

 life worth living. 



