88 PREPARATION 
hack whose only release from the burden of perpetual toil is 
death. Agricultural horses, carriage and other horses, and 
even the poor and illiterate costermonger’s donkey, are 
exempt from work on Sunday; and by such a benevolent 
action their owners show themselves greatly in advance of 
those who gallop their horses on that day against the dictates 
of reason and the usages of modern civilized society. 
And what after all is the incentive? Itis the fashion, that 
is all. One does it, and another must follow in his footsteps, 
or be thought singular or affected by his neighbours. But 
stronger reasons than this should be given for its continuance, 
or the objectionable practice should be at once and for ever 
abolished. It may furthermore be remarked that the cab 
horse, working but six days a week, is capable of doing, and 
does, more work than the horse working the whole seven. 
This, which I have from a very good source, and thoroughly 
believe, should be sufficient proof in favour of Sunday rest, 
even if nothing else could be said for it, to induce owners to 
keep their horses in the stable one day a week. In wet 
weather they are kept in sometimes for days together; a 
sufficient guarantee that the one day's rest would do no 
injury. 
As one instance of marked consideration in this respect I 
may mention that the late Lord Ribblesdale came all the 
way from the Falls of Niagara to see his horses tried. He 
arrived here (Woodyates) late on Saturday night, with the 
intention of seeing them tried the following day. But 
though he had only that day at his disposal, having to leave 
early on Monday morning to return to his ship, which had 
merely called at Southampton for forty-eight hours, he re- 
frained from doing so, and saw them in the stable only. I 
tried the horses on the Monday and sent him the result, 
