14 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



arranged matters in order to facilitate his subjuga- 

 tion and subsequent utility for human usages. His 

 f oohshness renders him easy to deceive ; his timidity 

 makes him quickly submissive, unwilling to resist 

 once he believes it useless ; and his propensity to be 

 a bully is evidenced from the fact that as a youngster 

 (and frequently in later life), he is continually trying 

 to find out just how far he will be allowed to rebel, 

 and will, if unchecked, overstep the bounds continu- 

 ally, each time more defiantly, until possible dis- 

 aster follows. 



As equine folly and timidity afford the prime 

 factors whereby the creatures may be easily subju- 

 gated and employed, and provide thereby a safeguard 

 for us, so these characteristics contain their danger- 

 ous elements. The " fool " part of the creature's 

 nature will, at times, be so augmented by the cow- 

 ardly, that headlong panic is the result, and frightful 

 accidents ensue. It is true that these panics are as 

 frequently the outcome of past as oi present happen- 

 ings, but results are none the less unpleasant. An 

 animal may have been injured by this or frightened 



