300 STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
.It would be just as reasonable to take a child who had not 
learned his letters, and flog him because he could not read, as 
to take these colts and beat them into the harness. You 
should talk to the horse; he has intelligence that is good 
horse sense,” and kiiows when you speak kindly to him. 
When you want him to stop, say “ whoa.” Be patient with him 
till he gets used to the harness. Let him learn your language, 
your wishes, and you can do anything with him you desire. 
You can get him to do anything if you will only let him 
know what you want. You can get on him and ride him to 
death, when he could, if he would, dash you to death for such 
horrid abuse of a poor horse. 
That is one of the great secrets in training a horse—let him 
know what you want. Talk to him just as you talk to your 
child, and treat him as kindly, and you will never have any 
trouble with him. 
What a noble animal the horse is ! And yet how frequent¬ 
ly is he the subject of thoughtless and wicked abuse at the 
hands of his master, he has served so faithfully and so long. 
He is driven upon the road all day, with perhaps but little 
water, and upon half rations. He is taken home at night, all 
mud, and left in that condition, and still with hardly enough 
food to sustain nature. 
I am here to-day to plead for the horse, and to ask for him 
kindlier treatment than this, noble animal that he is. On the 
other hand, a great many persons kill their horses by kindness. 
The stables are too close, too little light and air. The horse is 
an animal that has lungs ; he consumes a great deal of oxygen. 
Go into the towns and you will find the horse confined in a 
close stall, almost forbidding him to lie down. The horse 
wants an abundance of air and light. One reason why we 
find so many horses diseased in the eyes is because they are 
confined in dark stables. Then let me urge the necessity of 
providing for an abundance of air and light in the construc¬ 
tion of horse stables. Have windows for your horses’ eyes as 
well as for your own. Light is necessary for perfect health. 
We make a great mistake when be build dark stables. 
