CHAPTER V. 

 Keeping One Horse 



THE individual whose modest establishment 

 comprises, either from choice or necessity, 

 but a single animal and its accoutrements, will 

 perforce restrict his undertakings to narrow limits, 

 and his outfit will be cared for either by a man- 

 of-all-work, who like most " Jacks-of-all-trades " is 

 especially expert at none; or at a livery stable; or 

 be looked after by himself or those adolescent 

 members of his family responsible enough to be 

 depended upon to feed the horse thrice daily, to 

 grease the carriage wheels when necessary, and 

 to give to the vehicles and harness generally that 

 care which they must receive if they are to be 

 satisfactorily usable, and to retain their freshness 

 of appearance and soundness of repair for a reason- 

 able period. Of these, of course, the choice of most 



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