2M HANDLING AND BREAKING. 



which this senseless practical joke w 

 acknowledged by the animal. One day t 

 kick, a harder and longer one perhaps thi 

 usual, was not evaded, and there was 

 vacancy for a stable lad. Never go i 

 beside your horse in the stall without 

 kindly word to warn him of your aj)proac 

 While there, pat and caress him as mu( 

 as you please, and he will be delighti 

 with your attention ; but make it a ru 

 from the first never to play with or tea 

 him. 



When not teased, horses are, as a ru] 

 as even and reliable in temper as any anima 

 I know ; but I recall as I Avrite a mo 

 ludicrous, though painful, instance to tl 

 contrary. Many years ago, down in Sou 

 Devon, I was showing Queen of the Mo 

 (a mare which afterwards became almost tl 

 idol of that sporting county), as a thre 

 year-old to a rather important gentlema 

 who was churchwarden of the parish in Avhic 



