154 ^lY horse; my love. 



animals, presided over by such men as George 

 Angell of Boston and John P. Haines of New York, 

 are ever on the alert to enforce kindest consideration 

 for all that need their protection, while cruelties are 

 punished with all the rigors of the law. The workers 

 are in earnest. Abuses are being corrected. The 

 abolishment of the check-rein in many of the 

 smartest turn-outs on our fashionable drives, proves 

 the significance of " Black Beauty's" horse-sense, 

 and how deeply it has sunk into the minds and 

 natures of the hitherto unthinking. That they fol- 

 low the example set by the Queen of England, who 

 permits no check-reins, does not detract from the 

 courage of refusing here, to follow a fashionable 

 fad. 



All domesticated animals crave a perfect sympathy 

 with their masters, and ask in their mute way for some 

 constant expression of it. What lover can exhibit a 

 more genuine jealousy than a devoted dog, or show 

 the symptoms of that unhappy trait more deter- 

 minedly? What a tragical grief is that which can 

 make a dog or horse refuse his food, and thus die of 

 starvation, for the loss of his companion for whom he 

 had such enduring love? Such instances are nu- 

 merous. Horses are never so willing, as when they 

 feel the magnetic influence of the hand that guides, 

 and the voice that cheers them on! So intense is 

 this sympathy that they become easy subjects of 

 hypnotization. The practice of this mysterious 

 science was introduced into the Austrian army by 

 a cavalry officer named Balassa, and hence is called 

 "Balassiren." So popular has it become in cases 



