34 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER. 



ran up to the horse and licked his nose ; in return, the 

 horse would scratch the dog's back with his teeth. 

 One day, when the groom was out with the horse 

 and greyhound for exercise, a large dog attacked the 

 latter, and quickly bore him to the ground ; on which 

 the horse threw back his ears, and, in spite of all the 

 efforts of the groom, rushed at the strange dog that 

 was worrying at the greyhound, seized him by the 

 back with his teeth, which speedily made him quit 

 his hold, and shook him till a large piece of the skin 

 gave way. The offender no sooner got on his feet, 

 than he judged it prudent to beat a precipitate retreat 

 from so formidable an opponent." 



Another instance of attachment between a horse 

 sind. a dog is related by Capt. Brown in his " Biogra- 

 phical Sketches:" "My friend, Dr. Smith, of the 

 Queen's County Militia, Ireland, had a beautiful 

 hackney, which, although extremely spirited, was at 

 the same time wonderfully docile. He had also a 

 fine Newfoundland dog, named Caesar. These animals 

 were mutually attached, and seemed perfectly ac- 

 quainted with each other's actions. The dog was 

 always kept in the stable at night, and uniformly 

 lay beside the horse. When Dr. Smith practised in 

 Dublin, he visited his patients on horseback, and had 

 no other servant to take care of the horse, while in 



