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driving horses. These I do not expect to reach and ben- 

 efit. But, discarding this class and do the best we may 

 in educating the youths of the land, there always will 

 be the unenergized and unskilful horseman. Unless one 

 is proud, not vain, of his horse, he can not acquire the 

 nice judgment which tells him when to drive fast, when 

 slow, and when the horse has done enough. Listen 

 to the horse 



Up hill bear me ; 



Down hill spare me; 



On the level spare me not, 



But cool me when I'm hot. 



Proud enough to drive so that the wheels of the vehicle 

 will be kept in the beaten track and directed away from 

 stones and holes, which can be accomplished only by 

 watchfulness and by being constantly in touch, through 

 the reins, with the horse. The horse at farm- work 

 requires comparatively little direction; and but little 

 skill, if applied at the right moment, is needed to 

 direct his energies along the most efficient lines, when 

 at slow work. 



WATERING 



Horses that are used for driving and for light 

 work are usually in higher physical condition, not 

 necessarily fatter, than farm- and draft -horses. Since 

 their hours of labor are usually not so many nor their 

 work so exhausting, they do not require so much water 

 as farm -horses, but they are likely to be injured by 

 drinking large amounts of water at one time. Horses 

 which are driven long distances may perspire freely for 



