CHAPTER IV. 

 Homes for Horses 



THE writer has always thought that, had he 

 the means, he would construct a home for 

 horses (and for all animals), which should be 

 managed along practical lines, largely self-sup- 

 porting, affording a hospital for the maimed, a rest 

 for the weary and weak, a home for the aged, a 

 refuge for the friendless, a sanctuary for all those 

 pitiful dumb lives about which we talk and write 

 so much, and for which we really do so little. All 

 honour to those who have accomplished the existing 

 good — but think of what remains undone, and the 

 possibilities of such protection, the duties of such 

 provision ! 



Certain refuges have, up to date, existed as 

 private enterprises, but in too many cases they have 

 continued only during the life of the benefactor, 



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