78 ROAD, TRACK, AND STABLE. 
two months old, and weighed when full grown only 
fifteen pounds. Splan in turn gave the pup to Dave, 
the groom of Rarus, with a caution not to let the horse 
hurt him, for on several occasions Rarus had bitten 
dogs that ventured into his stall. But to this terrier, 
who is described as possessing “almost human intel- 
ligence,” the trotter took a great fancy, which the dog 
fully returned. They became fast and inseparable 
friends. “Not only,” says Mr. Splan, “were they ex- 
tremely fond of each other, but they showed their 
affection plainly as did ever a man fora woman. We 
never took any pains to teach the dog anything about 
the horse. Everything he knew came to him by his 
own patience. From the time I took him to the sta- 
ble, a pup, until I sold Rarus, they were never sepa- 
rated an hour. We once left the dog in the stall while 
we took the horse to the blacksmith shop, and when 
we came back we found he had made havoc with every- 
thing there was in there, trying to get out, while the 
horse during the entire journey was uneasy, restless, 
and in general acted as badly as the dog did. Dave 
remarked that he thought that we had better keep the 
horse and dog together after that. When Rarus went 
to the track for exercise, or to trot a race, the dog 
would follow Dave around and sit by the gate at his 
side, watching Rarus with as much interest as Dave 
did. When the horse returned to the stable after a 
heat, and was unchecked, the dog would walk up and 
climb up on his forward legs and kiss him, the horse 
always bending his head down to receive the caress. 
In the stable, after work was over, Jim and the horse 
would often frolic like two boys. If the horse lay 
down, Jim would climb on his back, and in that way 
