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CHECKING AND BLINDERS. 



Pig. 323. — The Effect ol being Improperly Broken. 



least claim to being con- 

 sidered a gentleman would 

 need to be appealed to to 

 treat his horses with hu- 

 manity, if not with kind- 

 ness ; yet it is unfortunately 

 the case that such appeals, 

 made by disinterested men 

 and women of humane im- 

 pulses and by our humane' 

 societies, are often unheed- 

 ed or regarded as the mer- 

 est sentiment. 



ice, overloaded and whipped 

 Into hard drudgery in his 

 last days, when he should 

 he released from work and 

 permitted to end his life in 

 peace. Surely there is no 

 domestic creature toward 

 which civilized man displays 

 so much in humanity as to- 

 ward this constant and faith- 

 ful companion of his labors 

 and pleasures ; and it would 

 seem that no man with the 



Beaten by a Cruel Master. 



• It should not be difficult 

 for qne to see that a reason- 

 able sense of responsibility 

 should prompt to the most 

 considerate care of every an- 

 imal on the farm. Not only 

 does kind treatment make 

 them more easily managed, 

 but imperceptibly the feel- 

 ing is felt in the home, mak- 

 ing the relations of life more 

 beautiful and happy. 



Fio. 835.— The Last Days of the old Family Horse. 



