232 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



the dumb beast. His memory is wonderful, and his 

 association of ideas exact. His imagination is of 

 the strongest — your dreaming dog, your shying 

 horse, prove that. 



As the Hon. George B. Loring says of him, " The 

 horse, with all his powers and inclinations, is perfect 

 in the situation in which he is placed. Were his 

 intelligence greater, he might possibly inquire into 

 the right by which we hold the power that we exert 

 over him. Were his courage and spirit higher he 

 might rebel against our cruelties. Were his muscular 

 powers considerably increased he might bid defiance 

 to our attempts to subjugate him. But as our 

 servant he is full of the intelligence and spirit and 

 strength which we require. 



" In verse, in prose, in paint, and in marble, from 

 the beginning of all things, the horse has been im- 

 mortalised; throughout all advances in civilisation 

 and Christianity, he has played his important part 

 — humble, patient, enduring. Think of the achieve- 

 ments and progress along all lines — military, agri- 

 cultural, scientific, exploration, travel, communica- 



