The Horse. 13 



as the horses of Europe : the difference is in the 

 training. 



It is, unfortunately, but too often the 

 custom of those in charge of our horses to use 

 harsh methods of treatment, and frequently to 

 act with downright cruelty to the animals, from 

 the days of their birth ; whereas the ears of the 

 Arab colt are never assailed by the least harsh 

 sound of unkindness, and during the whole course 

 of his life he is a stranger to ill-treatment. 



This kindly treatment, continued through 

 generations, has produced the docile, and, at the 

 same time, spirited creature we find in the Arabian 

 horse. If the same kindness and consideration 

 were bestowed upon our riders and carriage horses 

 we should, in a few generations, have very few 

 bad tempered or vicious animals amongst us. 



