. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ! Chicagois said to be the hell of horses, but ocular wit-nesses say that compared with St. Petersburgit is their paradise. The Russian peasant givessoft names to his horses, butoften denies them food — per-haps because he has so littlefor himself. In the days ofserfdom the peasants (withpermission of their masters)came in crowds to the capitalwith their skeletons of horses,to let them for saddle or har-ness, and thus prolong theirown miserable lives and thoseof their beasts. English grooms hold thefirst rank for the care they
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ! Chicagois said to be the hell of horses, but ocular wit-nesses say that compared with St. Petersburgit is their paradise. The Russian peasant givessoft names to his horses, butoften denies them food — per-haps because he has so littlefor himself. In the days ofserfdom the peasants (withpermission of their masters)came in crowds to the capitalwith their skeletons of horses,to let them for saddle or har-ness, and thus prolong theirown miserable lives and thoseof their beasts. English grooms hold thefirst rank for the care theygive to their animals. Thebandaging of the legs, therubbing of the muscles andtendons with stimulants and tonics, the partic-ular method of cleaning (during which thegroom makes a curious hissing noise with histeeth and lips), the sponging of the backs,—all this is of English origin and has beenadopted by the other nations of Europe and by treatment of the animal by the Anglo-Saxonraces has done much to ameliorate his condi-tion all over the civilized
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