72 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



coerces. Next time your hunter just clears some 

 big place, lean back, and clap those muscular quarters 

 that have so ably done the trick, and do it at once. 

 Be sure your good horse understands. 



As you caress with the hand the external, so 

 reward with sugar, carrots, apples, etc., the internal 

 horse; and here as everywhere, "he gives twice 

 who gives quickly." If you really care for animals, 

 — and the writer is not attempting to convince those 

 who do not and can not, — you will always be pro- 

 vided with some titbit when associating with them, 

 and even as the old cook found her way into your 

 boyish affections via the cake-and-cooky route, so 

 your charger will appreciate you in proportion as 

 you "tip" him with delicate morsels (as he, how- 

 ever, will any one else who does the same). 



While every horse, from the day he is halter 

 " broken " at a few weeks old, should be carefully 

 and progressively " educated " and promoted as he 

 learns, he must be thoroughly imbued with the idea 

 that he is powerless to resist, or, rather, the habit 

 of non-resistance must be confirmed. As early as 



