Affection for Animals, Not for Man 37 



seen an animal, standing in his box, evidence irrita- 

 tion and violent anger at the voice of some total 

 stranger, yet treat his companions with every 

 courtesy, — and here, perhaps, crops out as well 

 the propensity to bully. 



Horses are perfectly submissive in the hands of 

 some men, although they have never seen them 

 before. A certain " horse dentist " was sent for, 

 to attend to the teeth of a very savage stallion, but, 

 through a mistake, was not informed that the animal 

 was vicious. IJe arrived, and finding no one in 

 charge of the stable, and seeing that there was only 

 one stallion stabled there, concluded he was the 

 subject, and, entering his box, was busily working 

 upon his teeth, when the man in charge returned. 

 The groom could hardly believe his eyes, as he had 

 himself for years been the only one who could 

 handle the horse. The secret of it was that the 

 doctor, not knowing the horse was vicious, had no 

 fear, and as he was of the wise few who never 

 " speak to horses," the stallion considered him his 

 regular attendant, and submitted at once. Had he 



