The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



is a traditional prejudice in this country against 

 the employment of entu'e horses for any kind 

 of traction, either hght or heavy, or for riding 

 purposes, and if enquiries are made either of 

 masters or men for their reasons, answers are 

 given which the experience of countries, where 

 entires are habitually used for all utilities, show 

 to be absolutely at variance with the facts. 

 Besides being capable of so much greater 

 work on less food, besides having better paces, 

 much greater courage and endurance, being 

 less susceptible to disease, the entire horse 

 possesses much greater intelligence and capa- 

 city for difficult work and is quite as amenable 

 to control, by those who understand him, as 

 any gelding. In France, Italy and other 

 countries it is not uncommon to see mares and 

 stallions working, peacefully and without any 

 disturbance, in the same teams. Those who 

 know the staUion at work, love him. Some 

 of the most beautiful sights in the world — 

 now, alas ! but a charming memory — were those 

 thousands of splendid teams, of three Perche- 

 ron or Boulonnais stallions abreast, in the Paris 

 omnibuses, which drew twice the loads of our 

 own horse buses, at a much greater pace and 

 at less cost. 



These Percheron and Boulonnais staUions 

 are bred by farmers, and, when weaned, are 

 turned out together in great droves in the 

 marshes and other huge pastures, and the 



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