76 HORSES: 



PLENTY TO EAT AND DRINK; 



but "enough is better than a feast," and it is no kind- 

 ness to dumb animals to overfeed and underwork 

 them, even if we do thus serve ourselves. If we our- 

 selves choose disease-producing habits, we have no 

 right to make that choice^for the creatures who are 

 at our mercy. 



THE HORSE-OF-ALL-WORK. 



"What kind of a horse should the all-purpose 

 horse be?" was asked of Colonel Coleman, of Il- 

 linois, and he replied, "It should be a horse sixteen 

 hands high, with good serviceable body and limbs, 

 and then the more style he has the better. If he 

 carries a fine head on a well-arched neck ; if he has a. 

 long bushy tail and an active way of going at the 

 walk or the trot or the run even, all the better. 

 Such a horse is large enough, and not too large. 

 He is just the size for the plow or the wagon, for the 

 saddle or the buggy or the carriage. He is ready and 

 suitable for any job of work on the farm or off of it. 

 If he is for sale his owner will find plenty of buyers. 

 If he has the size and qualities spoken of, and is in 

 addition trotting-bred, so much the better, for he 

 will command so much the greater price. 



" The horse ' Capt. Lewis ' was taken from the 

 plow last spring, had never had any training, and 

 trotted in 2 : 20 before the first season was over, 

 and $20,000 has been refused for him. St. Julien, 

 with a record of 2 : 1 i\, used to be worked on the 



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