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miles an hour it is wonderful how quickly you get over the 

 ground. It is not a pleasant pace, granted ; but he has been 

 going, remember, all day at the pace which suited your conve- 

 nience best ; it is not much to ask of you to go now at that 

 which best suits his. Get off and walk by his side occasionally. 

 It will be a world of relief to him, besides stretching your 

 own legs. Regarding the horse from a selfish point of view 



' Get off and walk by his side occasionally.' 



only, you should never forget that the more care you take 

 of him, the more care will he take of you. ' Of all our rela- 

 tions,' says Whyte-Melville, ' with the dumb creation, there are 

 none in which man has so entirely the best of it as in the one- 

 sided partnership that exists between the horse and his rider.' 

 Let it be your business to see that the profits of this partner- 

 ship are not all on one side. They will be the larger and the more 

 enduring the more the working partner gets his proper share. 



