[To THZ EDITOR Or TUE " SPROTATOR.1 SIR, — We had a
bay horse for twenty-four years in regular work in Ireland. He was known to be at least four years old at the time we bought him. Latterly we let him have only ' light work, such as a mile trot to the golf links perhaps twice a day, or a mile to the station, and such short distances. He did them all with the utmost cheeriness, nearly pulling one's arms out of their sockets to hold him in on the return journey ; but if by chance we took him past the ordinary limit and seemed bent on taking him a mile or so outside the usual distance, he would cunningly affect stiffness, approaching at times almost to halting lameness. This would vanish instantly when we turned him with his head towards home ; once more
• be would be pulling for all he was worth, every symptom of
• lameness vanished. He always pranced at the sound of music . and pretended to be alarmed at trains, but nothing depressed Lim, even in his old age, except to go beyond the one-mile 'limit, though he would start six times a day with the utmost hilarity to do the accustomed short distances.—I am, Sir, &c., EDITH J. N. PRESTON. 11 Kew Gardens Road, Kew, S.W.
Previous page
