it increases very fast. Customers look 

 more and more at the horse used, directly 

 or indirectly, in supplying their wants, 

 and a fine horse gives an appearance of 

 success and up-to-dateness that is worth 

 much more than it costs. 



VACATIONS FOR POOR 

 MEN'S HORSES 



A PROBLEM 



(Extract from a letter from the Ohio 

 Humane Society.) 

 "A difficult problem in this vacation 



work is that of the poor owner of a horse 

 who earns a living for a family by running 

 an express wagon or peddling. As a rule, 

 he is too poor to grant the horse a vaca- 

 tion; but \\x' hope to provide for him 

 later." 



The same problem confronts everyone 

 who tries to help in this direction. The 

 only way to meet the situation seems to 

 be to provide some good " second-hand " 

 horses that may be lent — ^under reasonable 

 and proper restrictions — as substitutes for 

 the horses that need rest. For a short 

 account of two Homes for Horses near 

 Boston, see page 9 of this catalogue. 



The Work-Horse 



He feels the Springtime's glowing life 



In every coursing vein; 



The scents and sounds of wak'ning Earth 



That are akin to pain,— 



And feels the bit between his teeth 



And knows the fretting rein. 



He sees the grass, — a carpet soft 

 Of living, growing green- 

 He sees the trees far overhead, — 

 A shelter and a screen; 

 With blindered eyes he tries to see 

 The flowers that grow between. 



The cattle on a thousand hills 



Graze through the livelong day; 



Fair are the pastures where the sheep 



And happy lambkins play; 



But only unremitting toil 



Is his— to bear alway. 



He cannot crop the herbage sweet 



Tho' hungered he may be; 



Even the water to his thirst 



Is giv'n as charity,— 



And yet, of living creatures — none 



More beautiful than he! 



But ever while he lives and toils. 

 Wherever he may be- 

 Always I breathe a little prayer 

 In all humility: 



"O God, remember first this horse, 

 "And then, — remember me!" 



— Elizabeth Jacohi 



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