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portion of our lives in the open air, and where consequently it is 
impossible to he always in association with the horse, we do not, 
we cannot give that animal the great benefit of our company to such 
an extent as we give it to the smaller beast which can be and 
often is in continual intercourse with us; hut I cannot help thinking 
that if the horse had equal advantages in that way with the dog, 
he would exhibit superior intelligence. The dog, it is true, shows 
speed, sagacity, and strength, but the horse equally possesses these 
attributes, and in the exercise thereof is compelled moreover to 
carry or draw a burden, and it is open to doubt if the dog would 
in the same way as the gallant hunter hear a weight, of course 
suitable to his powers, with such sagacity and even discrimination 
over the frequent and formidable obstacles of the hunting-field. 
An eminent sportsman once said to me : “ When my horse and I 
come across a difficult or dangerous obstacle, I invariably trust to 
the nobler and better animal of the two.” Which of the twain 
that was, ladies and gentlemen, I leave you to judge. We have 
yet to learn that the discordant ululations raised by some of the 
canine species at the sound of dulcet strains are an outward and 
audible mark of appreciation. I hold rather that it is the un¬ 
pleasant action of harmony upon an inharmonious subject. Eut 
take the horse in some of his many capacities. From time 
immemorial have we not heard or read that the thrilling blast of 
the war-clarion sends a tremor of excitement and eagerness 
throughout the frame of the war-horse, and that he loves the 
trumpet sound, for he knows that it is the herald of the battle and 
of the thundering charge in which he is about to take no mean a 
part? Watch the hunter, and how that gallant beast quivers with 
pleasure at the sound of the horn which proclaims a fox away, and 
which is the harbinger of a series of tests on his boldness and 
endurance. It is possible that his love for such sounds is but born 
of his instinct of what they are the precursor, and not from intrinsic 
appreciation of the actual melody; but let us go farther and take 
the instance of the musical rides which of late years have been 
such a favourite entertainment in many of our cavalry regiments. 
Those who have witnessed these displays cannot but feel that the 
proud bearing and the rhythmic tread of the steeds which take 
part therein are but an evident token that they possess a keen 
appreciation of the entrancing strains which accompany their 
evolutions, and that it is not only unreasoning docility and obedience 
which guide their nimble feet. 
