Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

1. Let your colt be domesticated and live with you from his tenderest age, and when a horse he will be simple, docile, faithful, and inured to hardship and fatigue.
2. Do not beat your horses, nor speak to them in a loud tone of voice; do not get angry with him, but kindly reprove their faults; they will do better thereafter, for they understand the language of man and its meaning.
3. If you have a long day’s journey, spare your horse at the start; let him frequently walk to recover his wind. Continue this until he has sweated and dried three times, and you may ask of him whatever you please, he will not leave you in difficulty.
4. Observe your horse when he is drinking at a brook. If in bringing down his head he remains square, without bending his limbs, he possesses sterling qualities, and all parts of his body are built symmetrically.
5. Four things you must have broad-front, chest, loins, and limbs; four things long-neck, chest, forearm and croup; four things short-pasterns, back, ears, and tail.-Tribune.