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use his voice; but of that the merest whisper was 

 enough. It would be most interesting to see whether 

 such an animal could by any means recognise such 

 a man if he had never before heard him speak; but 

 the chances are against it, although, as stated above, 

 the sense of smell might assist. One well-known 

 race-mare was so upset every day by hearing the 

 trainer's voice giving orders to the boy-rider when at 

 exercise, that nothing could be done with her until a 

 code of signals was arranged by means of a stick, etc. 

 From that day (the trainer changing his appearance 

 in no way), she was perfectly quiet and tractable, al- 

 though the man was always about her both in and out 

 of the stable. He might be in her box for a long 

 time, handle her in any way, but if he spoke, she 

 would fly at him instantly, and act like a wild thing 

 for some time after. Certain race-horses also take 

 such a violent antipathy to certain riders that they 

 will not try to race when ridden by them, but sulk 

 and refuse to run; nor are these always boys who 

 have abused them. 



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