1 88 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



necessities for cleanliness and decency, and he, too, 

 must be able-bodied. The automobilist is, as a rule, 

 restricted to the more beaten paths in his wanderings, 

 from the facts that he dare not venture far from the 

 essentials of the hardware and stench-producing fuel 

 necessary to ensure propulsion for his contraption. 

 He is also, possibly, aware that, in the eternal fitness 

 of things, his coughing, sneezing, evil-smelling 

 monster is totally out of place amid the solitude of 

 the green wood, or beside the mysterious murmur 

 of stream or sea. 



What horse-users and admirers for years neglected 

 to attempt, the bicycle enthusiasts effected in short 

 order, and for this to them be every praise. They 

 brought about throughout the country a general and 

 increasing improvement, not only in the maintenance 

 but also in the construction of our roads, and the 

 peripatetic may to-day comfortably and safely travel 

 thoroughfares which, a few years ago, were left 

 in the most primitive condition, — morasses in winter 

 and ash-heaps in summer. Let him turn to any 

 point of the compass and " follow his nose "; he will 



