90 HORSE SPEECH 



defined in the words of a learned Hindu : 

 " Sir, the horse with which your Honour 

 entrusted me has been behaving in a highly 

 obstreperous and devil-may-care manner." 



(3) The love call is a little whinney, soft, 

 sweet and low. 



(4) The demand for food is a rumbling 

 neigh. 



(5) A cheery neigh greeting other horses 

 in passing means : " How d'ye do ! " 



(6) A loud trumpet peal of neighing at short 

 intervals is a demand, sometimes a piteous 

 appeal to other horses to join company. 



(7) The groan of great pain is the same as 

 that of a man, and may be attended by crying, 

 when tears run from the nostrils. The sound 

 is heart-rending, beyond endurance. 



(8) The scream is only uttered in sudden and 

 mortal agony as from burning, or from some 

 kinds of wounds received in battle. 



(9) Ears thrown back even ever so slightly 

 express anger, but thrown back along the neck 

 mean fighting rage. In wild life the fights 

 between stillions are mainly with the teeth, 

 and horses forced to fight as a sport for men, as 

 in ancient Iceland, rear up against one another, 

 striking as well as biting. The ears are thrown 

 back to save them from being bitten. 



