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head ? (Not well.) Why not ? Do you suppose the 

 horse likes to have his view of the sides of the road 

 cut off ? Some masters have their bridles made with- 

 out blinders. What do you think of that ? 



But horses with blinders, and horses wholly blind, 

 sometimes become frightened. What could frighten 

 a blind horse? (Sounds of cannon, firecrackers, 

 barking of dogs, etc.) Has the horse good ears ? 

 Tell me how you know. On what part of his head 

 does he carry his ears ? What shape are they ? Did 

 you ever see him move his ears ? How ? When ? 

 Why ? Do the horse's ears ever lie down ? When ? 

 You may draw the horse's head, showing where his 

 eyes and ears are. Where shall we draw the ears ? 

 (Standing up side by side from the top of his head.) 

 Look closely at their shape. 



We all know how to guide the horse; let us see 

 how he pulls a buggy or sleigh. Is it in the same 

 way that you pull your hand sleds and express 

 wagons? (No, we pull them with our hands. The 

 horse has no hands.) No, the horse's arms are his 

 fore legs, and it cannot take hold of the buggy with 

 them, but I have seen children draw sleds very much 

 as your horse draws your sleigh or buggy. How is 

 the horse fastened to the sleigh? [Children explain 



