158 DRIVING. - TRIBUTE TO THE HORSE. 



It has the same effect in changing hair that is red 

 fnto a black colour, with only this difference, viz. : 

 Take an equal quantity of lime and litharage, and 

 instead of boiling it with ley, boil it only with fresh 

 water ; what swims at top, is fit for use and will an- 

 swer your expectation ; what hairs you anoint with it 

 in the evening, will be black the next morning. 



DRIVING. 



IT may be generally remarked, that men who drive 

 fast have swift horses ; not that they drive fast because 

 they have swift horses, but because fast driving makes 

 horses swift. A horse may commonly be trained to 

 a dull and heavy, or to an airy and fleet gait. Nature 

 unquestionably does much ; but education does far 

 more towards producing the great difference in the 

 speed of horses, than most men are willing to allow. 

 Horses are more frequently injured by driving them 

 beyond their habitual pace, than beyond their native 

 po wer. The best direction for the education of horses 

 is, "drive fast and stop often." 



A TRIBUTE TO THE HORSE. 



TAKE half a pound of saltpetre, half a pound of 

 alum, and half a pound of alum salt ; pulverize and 

 mix them well together, and every eight days give 

 him a table spoonful in his food ; his coat, flesh, and 

 spirits will soon reward his master for his care. 



