Kinduess to Horses.
**"" Strangersin-ParJs are-supme^-ftt j the b^uty-and siz^, of ,-the^ omnibus j horsed WniCh 1 Are nivanaMVicept m; .splendid cpn^ipn. <rhey..^e "fed, carefully treated,., aha never* overworked. .: ,fL>ach ; oninibos nas| .ten IjQWjes belonging, :to,,,ity/ Xl>§? e ' ten horses go put every day; thus; during tlji.e,."fi)|.ii'Wdn. i iTbun l s service,! tbe-Jiprses.. are ..ftvej ti^si Being thus cardfuHy. managed, their strength and; specd t: ehdute .^in-ingj long years'of seryice, '- To" piWerye this strength' great, care is ;. : t'^lceiii •iAt the foot' of each of the hills; that divei'sivy thesu^ace of tb'p 'streets' bf Paris — the\'e are thircy-orie 6)f ,'ttiese hills— -an" extra horse is (always -/in , ; \Yaiti'ig W".H]'d; m ■ dragginj* 1 the;, h'tfavjf vehicle up the ascent. Nor "is ' the moral side, so to : speak, of the horses' training neglected. The pairSj or\c£ ,fpfmecl,, i Hr(e J 'nevei:, ( se^eVAte&, i 's'avQ_,iiii :case of accident; or. sickness;; : .!!tbey "occupy 'the "sarhe" stall, and feed a fxom ti)h sathiq m anger;, 'divi'ded^by a .partition ,int<>i ;two conipartnipnti Thus they become almost a unit m '''skit, moyements, and impulses, and being' always ! (Jriyeii \iy" i\\\e: ' samp coachman, they, .get ; to .^understand 1 ; his ; • words ' and- ■ motions. ..Xlie.ir. docility .and superior intelligence fully 're\yard Uieic o\vner,s. .for ' 'thii ;£xtra care and kindness sliown i.these gr^tetul creattires. " ' ■ .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 83, 11 March 1885, Page 4
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211Kinduess to Horses. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 83, 11 March 1885, Page 4
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