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babes," and would no doubt resent a daily groom- 

 ing as an unwarranted liberty. He remains a sav- 

 age, and as a savage cannot always be trusted. But 

 when he is caught and fairly tamed, he can do more 

 hard steady work in a day, than the pampered, 

 petted stabled horse of the East, could do in three. 

 This broncho is our national type, evolved by the 

 climate of the plains, and in direct contrast to the 

 tame, gentle, and affectionate Arab, reared in the 

 wilds of the scorching unprotected desert. Small 

 in size, they are both hardy, enduring, and able to 

 travel great distances without fatigue and here the 

 two extremes of climate, seem to develop similar 

 characteristics of endurance. When we can control 

 our climate we may be able to develop fixed types; 

 but until then it must be our excuse, that something 

 different from what we so often expect, appears. 



The shrewdest and most thoughtful observers and 

 students of animal life are frequently those, who give 

 not to the doubting world the benefit of their wisdom 

 and experience. Too often they are misunderstood 

 and any facts that seem strange and new, and yet are 

 as old as the memory of man, are received with 

 doubt, contempt, and ridicule. In a way we Ameri- 

 cans are a self-satisfied, self-sufficient people, pro- 

 claiming our patriotic love for our newly-founded in- 

 stitutions, by ignoring the wisdom gained in the Old 

 World, through centuries of practical experience. 

 Many things that we have never thought about at all, 

 or that are just beginning to present themselves to 

 our intelligence, have occupied the close attention of 

 foreign governments for hundreds of years. Facts 



