236 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



ment inaugurated. The}^ could afford a resting- 

 place for the horses and other animals, beast or bird, 

 of the rich as of the poor, and the care provided 

 should be so superior to other boarding farms, etc., 

 that extensive revenues would result. The slave 

 of the poor man could be rested and fattened at 

 cost price, another being meanwhile leased to him 

 at a low figure for brief periods, and subject to 

 inspection at suitable intervals, that its welfare might 

 be assured. Horses could be educated, cured of vice 

 or trick, thoroughly trained for different purposes, 

 all at reasonable charges. Dogs could be boarded 

 as well, cured of disease, conditioned, and sold or 

 given away to responsible owners. Cats could be 

 handled in the same way, as could birds or any of 

 the army of pets which are fancied by mankind. 

 Demonstrations could be made of the care appro- 

 priate for every sort of animal in health or disease; 

 for their proper usage by young and old; their 

 acceptable food, etc., and courses of lectures 

 given upon these and kindred subjects in some 

 building in the city, and in various localities adja- 



