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deeds tliat would either heighten his renown to that of the great 

 Arthur himself, or consign him to an honorable grave. A fuming, 

 fretty horse, tliat rears, and pitches, and refuses to come to the 

 score when the time to start has been signaled, has I'arely the look 

 I have attempted to describe. He is either frightened at the remem- 

 brance of unmerited punishment, or is so sore from over or injudi- 

 cious work, that he does not like to start. — Horse Portraiture, Joseph 

 Cairn Simpson. 

 The eye is frequently regarded as the index of the animal's character, 

 biit I have been deceived so often by both kinds, the wild as well as 

 the sulky looking, that I am now disposed to think it often over- 

 estimated as a guide to future performances. — Dr. E. A. A. Grange, 

 v. S., Michigan State College Experiment Station. 



