DrSutherland's system of educating the horse, with rules for teaching the horse some forty different tricks or feats .. . en the infirmities of old age and long service have ren-dered them useless. The horse has always been mans ally and faithful slave. Inwar he not only moves all the machinery of the field and camp,but shares with his rkler all the dangers and fatigues of the battle. Every branch oJ industry owes much to his patienttoil. lie not only patiently toils before the loaded wagon,but shares the excitements and pleasures of the race. Hencethere is no animal that so much deserves our
DrSutherland's system of educating the horse, with rules for teaching the horse some forty different tricks or feats .. . en the infirmities of old age and long service have ren-dered them useless. The horse has always been mans ally and faithful slave. Inwar he not only moves all the machinery of the field and camp,but shares with his rkler all the dangers and fatigues of the battle. Every branch oJ industry owes much to his patienttoil. lie not only patiently toils before the loaded wagon,but shares the excitements and pleasures of the race. Hencethere is no animal that so much deserves our warmesl sympa-thy and kind attention. And that man is greatly to be pitied whohonestly say, •• 1 care nothing for a horse : who has noappreciation oi the almost Unman intelligence, the unflinchingspirit, the majestic beauty, and the marvelous power and fleet-aess of a splendid horse. And that man who will knowinglyor wilfully injure or inlliet unnecessary pain on the horse, •• Is only fit for deeds oi darkness, stratagems and -;•> ds : irit ore dull «? night,\,vl i, - dark as erebus. Let no such man be. The Arabian florae. CHAPTER I. A NEW AND OUKJIXAL SYSTEM FOE TAMING, BREAKINGAND EDUCATING THE YOUNG EORSE. They hailed the colt ; for speed and fireHad marked his breed through dam and sire,Far back to those whose hoofl had pressedThe sands of Araby the blessed. Having been engaged for several years past in the practiceof medicine, I have been under the necessity of keeping oneor more horses for the most part of the time ; and as the laborwas of a light nature, it was well calculated for breaking andtraining the young horse, as it gave him almost constant em-ployment, without that wear and tear to the constitution thatmost kinds of constant labor would produce. And being agreat lover of the horse, I have not only trained and brokewhat few young horses I have owned during this time, to thehalter, saddle and harness, but have taught them many feats or 6 tricks, such
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