The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . Mr. Bergh. Theblack spots represent the wounds. This dog was almost liter-ally bitten and chewed in pieces in a dog fight. The figure isinserted to show to what degree it is possible for even intel-ligent, well-disposed people not only to submit to, but to coun-tenance,
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . Mr. Bergh. Theblack spots represent the wounds. This dog was almost liter-ally bitten and chewed in pieces in a dog fight. The figure isinserted to show to what degree it is possible for even intel-ligent, well-disposed people not only to submit to, but to coun-tenance, abuses, which, it would seem when presented to theirattention in their true light, would excite in them the kindliestsympathy. Now in all candor, what will more quickly gathera crowd in any town or village than a dog fight—than to seetwo, perhaps favorite pets, splendid dogs, chew and tear them- CHECKING AND BLINDERS. 10 selves in pieces ? And what would more quickly fire the pas-sions of the best men so that they would almost be ready tofight themselves? Thus it becomes a cause which in everysense perverts and debases the finer feelings. In the same sense, horses are unintentionally subjected toequally cruel abuses by ignorant, thoughtless persons, a fairillustration of which is shown in Figs. 332, 333. What a story. Fig. 331.—Nature and comfort. The horse in preceding cut shown vrithout restraint. Made from a photograph by the owner after being owned by him a few weeks. In the preceding cut, the tail is nicked and raised—the ordinary custom. it tells ! What a degree of abuse of a fine horse is here shown !See his head tied in the air while pushed, perhaps abused, togratify the pride of a couple of simpletons ! See the effect asshown by Fig. 333 ! and yet this is only what can be seen almostdaily by any observant person in every village and town inthe country. 20 CHECKING AND BLINDERS. By far the finest and most expressive feature of the horseshead are his eyes. They ar
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