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tion — what you will — and what wondrous abate- 

 ment would be chronicled if accomplishments directly 

 and indirectly due to equine abilities were to be sub- 

 tracted from the sum total. 



" As history records, so let posterity receive and 

 uphold him, — the helpmeet of humanity in all emer- 

 gencies, the alleviator of its troubles, the lessener 

 of its toils, the contributor to its enjoyments, the 

 promoter of our health, seeking in return but rational 

 treatment, kindly usage, fostering care in youth and 

 decrepitude, and decent burial. Can we not perform 

 that duty to our animals which we confess we owe 

 to our fellow men and to our God ? " 



