58 EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



find them sleeping in that position in the stable. If the man 

 was lying on his back, the horse would be kissing his face, 

 tickling his ear with his tongue, and using every means to 

 wake him up gently, and it is really amusing to see how care- 

 ful they were to not harm the man. I have seen them walk 

 across the stall towards the feed-box, perhaps look into it, 

 turn back, walk near the man, and perhaps raise a foot and 

 paw the floor, and would seem to say, " You lazy fellow, why 

 don't you awake and give me my breakfast.'' When the man 

 would rouse up, the horse would dance around the stall and 

 seem to be as happy as a puppy when his master comes home. 

 The attachment to the groom seems to be much augmented 

 when there is any danger, say when we are shipping them in 

 the cars from place to place. The generality of horses are not 

 contented one minute when their groom is out of sight or out 

 of the car, but will constantly paw, fret and whinner. I have 

 seen them worry so much in the absence of the groom, even 

 on a trivial errand like getting a lunch, a pail of water, etc., 

 that they would break out in a sweat and seemed to be in 

 constant fear when the man was away, but when the man 

 came ^back" he would quiet down and seem to feel safe, as 

 their bodyguard was at his post and would protect them from 

 all harm. 



Great care should be taken on first shipping a horse that 

 no accident occurs to frighten him, as hitting his head, bridge 

 slipping, or touching the side of the door going in, as many 

 times a little accident of this kind will frighten a horse so it is 

 almost impossible to get him into a car, and he will probably 

 never get over it, not in a long time at least, so that each 

 time you load him you will have trouble. Great Eastern was 

 a very large horse, 17|- hands high. The first few times I 

 loaded him there was no accident and everything was all 

 right. I remember loading him once at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 

 where the side track was much lower than the platform. The 

 horse really had to crouch down a little to get in the car, in 

 fact he had to almost creep, but he seemed to know no fear 



