Copenhagen lived to a
peaceful and honored old age, but he had a fancy for sponge cake and
chocolate creams, and he died at last from eating too many sweets.
Then there was Roan Barbary, Richard the Second's favorite, and Agnes,
who carried Mary, Queen of Scots. Washington's big white horse, whose
picture you have often seen, was carefully tended and cherished as long
as he lived.
In art the horse is the emblem of courage and generosity, and as we know
him to-day he is not lacking in these noble traits.
HOW TO TREAT HORSES.
It is quite safe to say that of all animals the horse best repays kind
treatment. The better you treat him, the better horse he is, and the
more work he can do.
Yet no animal is more frequently abused and neglected than the horse. He
is left standing in the cold without a blanket or only partly covered;
he is whipped by angry drivers; he is ill fed; and he is kept in a dark,
close stable for days at a time.
A horse is often brave in facing a danger which he understands. He can
be trained to go into dangerous places without shrinking. But it is well
to remember that a horse learns only by seeing and smelling, and that a
new sight which he does not understand will fill him with terror.
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