2i6 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



suffering, but for many serious and fatal casualties, 

 but reflection will convince that the statement is 

 true; experience will prove it not only correct, but 

 astoundingly so. Where there exists a happy com- 

 bination of sense and sentiment, precept and practice, 

 discipline and indulgence, there wc shall find our 

 animal friends fostered and controlled as is wisest 

 and best for their well-being, — past, present, and 

 future, — and happy (and exceptional) the indi- 

 vidual w^hose well-balanced mind and personal ex- 

 periences enable him (or her) to attain this truly 

 happy medium. 



What, then, is sentiment ? Thought prompted by 

 passion or feeling, tender susceptibility. 



And what is sense? Perception through intellect, 

 due appreciation. 



These definitions being accepted, one realises that, 

 while they are not necessarily interdependent, they 

 should be so. Sentiment is not only an emotion, but 

 a sense; sense is not alone the power of discern- 

 ment, but also a sentiment — the ability to differen- 

 tiate between right and wrong, between judicious 



