The Stable & Kennel 
Edited by JOHN GILMER SPEED 
The purpose of this department is to give advice to those who have country or suburban places as to the purchase, keep 
and treatment of Horses, Cows, Dogs, Poultry, etc. Careful attention will be given each inquiry, the letter and answer 
being published in due time for the benefit of other readers. Where an early reply is desired if a self-addressed, stamped 
envelope is enclosed the answer will be sent. No charge is made for advice given. 
The Stable and 
T HE one undoubted affection that a horse has is 
for its home. Looking for rewards of feed or 
of sweets when the horse has been in the habit 
of receiving one or the other or both from the same 
person inclines us often to the belief that the horse is 
rather sentimental and responsive. Such is very 
seldom the case, though there are unique instances 
where one horse displays greater affection and fidelity 
than the generality of horses do. I am quite aware 
that in saying this I will seem quite heretical to most 
of those who have used one or two horses and made 
pets of them. The truth of the business is that 
among animals, especially among domesticated 
animals, the horse is quite unintelligent; and 1 be¬ 
lieve that just 
as much of 
what might be 
called sense 
might be de¬ 
veloped in a 
cow, wh i c h 
ordinarily only 
desires to be 
fed and milked, 
as out of the 
proudest horse 
that ever wore 
a blue ribbon 
in a show ring. 
But the love 
that the horse 
has for his 
home may be 
Its Management 
tested in very many ways and will be found unfailing. 
When we rake a horse to another surrounding and in 
a different locality there is a common saying that he 
has to become “acclimated,” even though altitude, 
temperature, food, and treatment be all about the 
same. For the horse nearly always droops or 
becomes sluggish, is restless or becomes restive. 
Now what is really the matter with that horse is that 
he is ill—ill of nostalgia. He is as homesick as a 
young girl at a new boarding-school, and he will not 
get well until he becomes accustomed to his new 
surroundings. 
Then again, take a horse away from home on a 
long journey over a road he has never traveled before, 
and as soon as 
his head is 
turned home¬ 
ward, his 
“homing in¬ 
stinct’’ is 
aroused and he 
brightens up 
and quickens 
his action. 
I might men¬ 
tion other inci¬ 
dents indica¬ 
ting this love of 
a horse for his 
home. It be¬ 
hooves us, 
therefore, who 
have made him 
STABLE OF S. SACHS, ESQ., ELBERON, NEW JERSEY 
J. H. Freedlander, Architect 
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