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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



road this system of harnessing works well with regularly in the same wheel rut that he made 



docile horses, which are willing to go easily and in the sand at starting. However, Plato, the 



steadih', but special aptitude and much practice philosopher, thought that a man who bestowed 



are required to make c\-olutions correctl)'. such pains upon futile things must naturally 



A Si-:t of Nixi-: 



It is thought a great test of skill to dri\'e neglect those that are more important and 



a four-wheeled carriage in such a \va\' that one more worth)- of admiration, 

 of the wheels (selected in advance) shall crush 



an egg; or to stop the vehicle at the precise ^' ■ War 



moment when the chosen wheel covers a piece In war the horse formerly had a far more 



of money that has been laid upon the ground. important part than he has in these da\'S, when 



\\".\ i'i:kix(; 



It is related that in ancient times a Greek cixilization has made such strides that men can 



named Arniceris carried the noble art of dri\'- perfectl)' well kill each other without the help 



ing to such ])erfection that he made the cir- of brute beasts. In ancient times warriors rode 



cuit of an amphitlieater several times, stojiping their horses bareback, as we see in the antique 



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