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acquiring
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and
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Selection
or,
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has
Purchase,
BEFORE
of
Horse
a
clear
steer
which
so
grief through
many
want
the
The
a
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advice.
Author.
LIST
CONTENTS
OF
CHAPTER
I
BUYING
PAGE
Buying
At
"
at
Public
the
Public
Buying
Market"
Auction"
Buying
ihrough
Advertisement
Fairs"
Horse
At
Dealer
the
from
CHAPTER
SPECIAL
The
Mouth"
The
Glands
under
The
H
PARTS
Withers"
THEIR
AND
IN
Nose"
Jaw"
The
13
-
-
EASES
DIS-
RELATION
The
The
Eyes"
Neck
Shoulders"
TO
1
and
The
he
Poll-
Mane"
Back"
SOUNDNESS
UN-
lO
CONTENTS
PAGE
The
Elbows"
The
and
Pasterns"
The
Navicular
Coronets"
Disease"
"Melanosis
Shivering and
-
The
Shire
Horse"
"The
Vanner"
Harness
Yorkshire
"The
Park
Cob"
Pony"
Polo
The
Iceland
Ponies
Cobs
"
or
The
Thoroughbred
and
Saddle
The
Mules"
Ponies
Exmoor
ness
Har-
Shetland
Ponies-
Welsh
Pony"
"
Orkney
,
c
----_.
HORSE
Shire
Hackney
The
IV
CHAPTER
The
Suffolk
Bay"
The
Zebroids"
The
27
-
Cleveland
Horse"
Hack"
"
-
The
The
Hunters"
Coach
Wind
BREEDS
Clydesdale"
Horse"
Hocks
HI
TYPICAL
The
The
-
CHAPTER
OF
Hoof"
The
Broken
"
Stringhalt
POINTS
Fetlocks
Stifle"
The
Roaring
"
The
Knees"
Horse
Society"
The
SOCIETIES
Society"
Hackney
The
Clydesdale
Horse
Horse
Society,etc.
-
85
CONTEXTS
I I
CHAPTER
THE
AGE
V
HORSE
THE
OF
PAGE
and
Temporary
Teeth"
Teeth
The
Two
Years"
Rising
Four
Years"
Rising
and
etc.
Rising
Birth"
at
Six"
mg,
LIST
Eight Years,
91
VI
OBJECTIONABLE
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Suckingetc.
-
Biting"
OF
FAIRS
DATES
HABITS
Weaving"
Kick-
107
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CHAPTER
A
Years,
--------
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-
Rising
Six
Years"
Years"
Seven
Year-
One
Years"
CHAPTER
Wind
At
Three
Five
Molar
The
Teeth"
Permanent
THE
AND
Vn
PRINCIPAL
HORSE
APPROXIMATED
III
'
HOW
TO
CHOOSE
HORSE
A
CHAPTER
1
BUYING.
Buying:
In
held,
horses
stock,
numbers
The
horses
their
a
large
much
so
are
addition
purchased
quality
for
by
extent,
so
that
value.
13
this
horses
the
for
live
large
source.
are
season
old,
even
sold
sometimes
other
sale,
through
of
markets
to
exposed
and
prices
Market.
bi-weekly
or
in
are
being
to
year,
weekly
which,
in
Public
the
places
many
are
at
money
lated,
reguof
the
worn-out
treble
1
4
HOW
When
is
if
and
of
the
bought
from
of,
names
party
who
class
of
any
animal
not
that
the
in
be
of
of
chances
this
as
prove
the
paid
to,.
whom
of
chance
covering
re-
should
over
represented
or,
a
oood
a
in
and
market,
money
class.
introduction
an
an
ascertainino-
reasonable
a
of
price
of
the
seeing
the
are
party
of
disposing
reputation for sellino-
a
horse
would
there
a
dispose
to
in
less
receiving
has
animals
ticular
par-
of the
many
purchase
is
plan
or
market,
a
because
much
again,
best
in
little prospect
recovering
The
HORSE
successful
are
is
there
animal
horse
a
patched-up
they
individual
A
necessary,
have
vendors
such,
CHOOSE
choosinocare
of;
TO
it
the
may
be, warranted.
(and buyers)
Sellers
present
the
at
most
transactions
of
repute
public markets,
of
these
may
are
and
not
usually
although
always
be
15
BUYING
of
satisfactory character,
a
advantaoe
squarely
free
from
and
out
of
the
way,
the
the
for
provided
This
couple
can
of
and
the
under
broken,
being
markings
stated
upon
identification.
is, of
verbal
a
the
be
best
note
can
attained
present
the
at
nature
putable,
indis-
course,
is
one
purchaser
friends
who
in
in every
correct
time
same
warranty
that
thoroughly
and
likewise
warranty,
wTitten
it is
is
both
harness,
in
a
animal
description
sound
the
at
age
but
it.
be
the
that
every
that
in
obtain
to
"
stable,
;
to
animal,
A
of
etc.
such
effect
the
believed
and
in
vice
saddle,
the
the
to
warranty
endeavour
"
without
buy
not
as
stances
circum-
any
should
purchaser
their
to
business
Under
possible.
as
the
fact,
their
transact
to
is
it
all-sufficient,
substantiate
by
the
having
time
of
the
a
of purchase,
trans-
1
6
HOW
action,
should
the
knees,
or
a
age
sprain
the
here
the
;
condition
limbs
Remember
that
lame
through
Speedy
of
the
be
The
back
(if a
gelding)
see
have
the
there
are
and
side-bone,
ally
especi-
quently
fre-
very
commonly
cause.
and
been
having
forgotten
(for
that
it ; if so,
horses
cart
horse
not
splint,
shape, size,
the
cutting, brushing,
must
to
this
elbows,
pastern^
and
are
hoofs.
with
affected
;
the
of
and
the
attention
of
for evidence
fetlock
fore
frequently
too
shoulders,
eyes,
be
results
Pay particular
the
;
below
and
in
and
they only
purchase.
the
HORSE
A
undesirable
any
"
of
to
CHOOSE
which
outcome
"
TO
evidence
is
nothing
not
to
bility
possi-
unnerved,
II.).
[see Chapter
old
of
scrotal
the
bag
any
do
sores)
should
be
swelling
with
the
and
felt
about
animal,
1
BUYING
whatever
matter
no
the
explanation
7
owner
offer.
may
The
for
hocks,
be
must
etc.,
noted.
and
clicked)
the
possibility of
either
Vitus'
dance)
(St.
horse,
the
being
to
therefore
ought
present
last-named
The
difficult
often
very
(Scotch
overlooked.
be
to
in
diseases
frequent
not
Stringhalt
shivering
are
spavin, swelling,
capping,
detect,
in
is
market
a
especially.
Take
the
{see
"
w^ith
matter
Wind"
Broken
At
A
the
vast
number
annual
various
country,
buy
to
not
care
the
most
its
of
having
breathing
and
Horse
horse
a
"
thing
any-
apparatus
Roaring").
Fairs,
horses
fairs
held
important
change
hands
throughout
of
these
at
the
being
r8
now
well
worth
much
to
Many
the
the
with
of
the
frequently
of
of
To
of
horses,
choose
an
even
of
a
immediate
than
market.
it be
In
the
with
dealer
a
the
having
with
the
handling
the
buyer
it takes
because
thoroughly
placed
to
the
in
able,
reli-
hands
horse-breaker.
choosing
work,
it
action.
horse
a
though
hands
the
animal,
make
has
material
raw
at
unbroken
an
recommend
not
unbroken
to
in
and
have
purchased
brakesman's
style,
do
we
who
horses.
handsome,
being
professional
When
the
unacquainted
time
some
fairs
from
manners,
those
are
the
emerges
warranty
horses
after
through
passed
of
Welsh
and
those
of
buying
best
and
condition,
best
the
horse
a
attention
do
Irish
choose
to
horse
a
more
case
care
of
at
is
selection
a
fair
even
at
for
sary
neces-
a
public
20
the
of
two
the
south
auction
principal
auctions
but
is
careful
such
the
to
and
of
by
by
for
which
the
doing-
a
requiring
a
are
having
lady."
a
warranty,
a
be
very
interpretation
very
An
horse
lady, naturally
often
of
cleverly
unsuspecting
an
instance,
''
as
public
at
to
one
mislead
for
catalogued
probably
of
Glasgow,
sale
with
correct
may
Take,
driven
use
catalogued
warranties,
party.
most
marts
for
horses
necessary
as
worded,
have
etc.,
the
are
it
the
businesses.
of
Most
in
Edinburgh,
Wrexham,
horse
large
at
towns.
Aberdeen,
Perth,
Repository
exist
marts
and
cities
Crewe,
in
and
marts,
Castle.
and
Horse
auction
the
London
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
principal
of
Elephant
is
TO
HOW
a
which
horse
ridden
been
innocent
that
can
concludes
and
buyer,
be
made
that
the
21
BUYING
animal
will
little
dreaming
both
ridden
nothing
hands
a
under
a
few
of
a
temper
example
of
into
contained
In
When
to
the
a
a
tricks
reins
A
horse
has
having
sold
description.
mentioned,
be
might
her
In
been,
aforesaid
that
the
has
to
auctioneer
and
the
the
animal
be
at
on
such
look
auction
trial
not
warranty,
notified
returned
to
poses
pur-
ments.
advertise-
bought
of
the
warranties
and
It proves
terms
should
of
wording
and
warranty,
needful
It is
been
for
merely
catalogues
horse
conform
is
given
showing
searchingly
with
the
of
such
the
and
might,
done
have
may
only.
have
to
permit.
space
The
taken
paces
warranty
other
It
purposes,
said
lady
driven
than
more
a
Many
did
and
for
devil
the
that
such
for
suitable
be
to
ately,
Immedi-
him,
or
the
in
placed
dispute
from
Buying:
dealers
Many
animals
as
sell
to
best
they
sale
for
dealers, it is
select
animal
Apart
as
the
Dealer.
of
a
it
number
of
especially
their
to
their
such
advantage
the
way,
to
from
well-known
of
difficult
very
animal
matter
answering
the
intending purchaser,
himself
as
find
will
veterinary
a
settled.
stables
a
the
satisfying
general
is
possible, retaining
as
the
an
of
a
will find
not
across
after
uninterested
an
by private treaty.
visiting
By
come
dispose
speedily
as
of
public markets,
in the
horses
HORSE
A
custody
the
until
party
CHOOSE
TO
HOW
2 2
surgeon
to
it
its
to
quirements
re-
who,
suitabilityin
advantageous
to
examine
to
the
soundness.
this, many
dealers
give
written
23
BUYING
warranties,
allow
or
completion
of
reasonable,
and
the
such
''
as
It does
have
and
a
abroad),
ordered
follow
not
that
this
but
as
the
stigma
whole,
employ
is done
a
of
cover,"
last-named
hovering
he
means
Commonly,
finds
of
one
it
(property
fault
is any
simply
a
because
to
horse-dealer,
his
there
trade
at
necessary
with
objection
that
knows
around
of
etc."
decided
with
transactions
any
etc.,
there
have
gentlemen
many
pected.
ex-
habit
under
'*
Hunter
Bay
animal,
the
sale
be
can
the
in
is
:
Handsome
officer
for
horses
advertising
fairer
also
are
before
This
transaction.
nothing
Dealers
trial
week's
a
is
as
times
a
to
decoy.
sees
at
the
end
of
an
HOW
24
the
advertisement
need
It
the
from
trial for
on
if
and
A
stables
when
of
get
satisfactory,
it
the
by
purchase
if
the
for
that
by
stated.
As
a
the
being unwilling to
the
buy
animal
to
such
for
a
as
you
warranty
specifies
also
the
its
have
his
yourself
will
in
price
shows
or
;
some
the
suggestion"
allow
under
establishment
complete
with
veterinary surgeon.
alternative
an
its
to
in accordance
reduction
[
by
then
veterinary examination
defect, ask
week,
a
relative
of
payment
a
take
examined
otherwise, and
or
choosing
time, say
qualified veterinary surgeon
soundness
dealers
dealer,either
a
reasonable
a
HORSE
following: -No
Therefore,
apply."
horse
CHOOSE
TO
horse
at
conditions
require
from
addition, in which
for
suitability
veterinary
your
trial-
on
dealer's
the
as
dealer
near
it, and
the
akin
ask
seller
purposes;
examination.
By
25
BUYING
the
following
be
little fear
of
Buying^
throug^h
This
as
Stock-Breeder,
Gentleman,
pursuits.
Stock
Irish
etc.,
are
the
well-known
one's
those
or
rural
Live
th.^ Field,
the
of
some
papers
agricultural or
by answering
advertising
by
local
the
either
either
of
or
Advertisement.
done
advertisements
breeders,
need
disappointment.
be
can
there
suggested,
course
in
wants
pertaining
Such
Jouj'nal,
papers
and
Farmer
Farming
World,
all suitable
media
to
Cotmty
for
this
purpose.
In
the
purchase
wordinof
horse,
a
breed,
for
which
st^ed.
of
the
price, etc.,
it is
advertisement
an
age,
and
required,
sex,
colour,
specific
should
all
to
ings,
mark-
purposes
be
clearly
2
6
When
to
it
buying
essential
is
best
so
before
it
see
if
and,
the
of
Many
the
animals
of
be
reported
obtained
making
of
horses,
in
tried,
upon.
Annuals
Stock
breeders
breeds
various
can
value
Live
the
addresses
the
of
its
needful,
district,
examined,
may
this
the
of
the
in
be
purchase,
names
practitioners
animal
the
the
ascertain
to
able
being
of
completion
veterinary
that
without
horse
a
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
TO
HOW
contain
a
and
manner.
speciality
high-class
28
HOW
of
professional
methodical
or
animals
to
the
shall
with
"
teeth
the
of
from
either
the
side
high- class
before
of
ever,
How-
horse.
to
point
out
unsoundness.
for
the
evidence
age,
teeth,
back
of
etc.
Nose.
The
whether
a
author
Mouth.
cribbing," decay
See
of
causes
The
Examine
the
of
endeavour
now
this
M.R.C.V.S.
an
only
is
animal's
an
therefore
buyer
purchase
briefly the general
to
as
;
it
conduct
can
the
consult
completing
we
that
otherwise
advises
strongly
and
;
examination
soundness
HORSE
A
examination
systematic
the
CHOOSE
TO
animal
of
the
has
any
nasal
discharge
openings,
SPECIAL
because
PARTS
AND
there
sometimes
either
region,
recent
Eyes.
special
should
attention
therefore
indispensable,
is
sight
this
in
disease
is
chronic.
or
The
Perfect
29
DISEASES
THEIR
paid
be
these
to
organs.
We
have
known
a
the
with
purchased
blinkers
and
farmer,
unsuspecting
by
on
an
noticed
not
sioht
defective
havino-
horse, practically blind,
until
as
davs
some
afterwards.
An
portion
of
frequently
Cataract
amateur.
(milkiness)
opaque
the
is
It
(in chief),and
circular
transparent
and,
seen,
of
course,
difficult
is
one
a
of
disease
which
colour
over
portion
is
damaging.
detection
affecting
is
any
by
the
an
lens
really incurable.
30
HOW
Sometimes
the
is
cataract)
defy
even
the
The
at
usual
markets,
the
shade
do
the
of
pupil
the
by
afforded.
most
of
the
of
whether
doubtful
in
force
cases,
they
and
object they
The
This
and
it
is
is
a
not
space
"
when
the
object
(widens)
but
gain
any
have
eyes
whether
note
habit,
to
be
the
to
dealers
Many
probably
wish
may
black
a
to
as
responds
eye
like
shy
''
examining
so
and,
objects.
by holding
globe,
may
defect,
horse
the
of
temporarily
this
visual
method
is
presence
expert,
imaginary
or
etc.,
(hat) over
of
its
the
by
making
certain
passing
that
causes
of
(commencing
cataract
detection
means
HORSE
A
small
so
other
certain
CHOOSE
TO
it
is
very
information
little
idea
accomplish.
Poll.
included
uncommonly
between
bruised,
the
or
ears,
even
SPECIAL
the
PARTS
of
Poll
disease
of
seat
jaw
of
at
havino-
rate,
any
lead
to
whether
or
name
whether
an
the
bled
such
sole
as
In
examination
the
of
either
Is
hoof
Mane.
furrow
be
may
mark
a
sides
enlarged,
the
In
been
disease,
some
the
at
and
neck
the
of
and
Neck
situated
scar
animal
Jaw.
the
permanently.
or
The
front
under
sometimes
are
temporarily
A
under
beneath
glands
the
known
3I
Evil.
Glands
The
DISEASES
THEIR
AND
the
for
legacy
the
founder
this
of
of
the
Is deformed.
or
of
the
amelioration
the
situation
flattened
the
towards
feet,
feet
should
to
see
"dropped,"
;
32
HOW
Of
but
TO
it
course,
its
CHOOSE
explainable
the
for
The
the
to
their
shoulder"
hairs
darker
past
uncommon.
the
collar
shoulders
region
are
"
This
from
are
"
look
(collar galls).
or,
not
shaped,
if
a
be
to
and
for
White
light horse,
the
sign
necessarily
a
as
slipped
''
Also
choosinowell
shoulders
because
likely
need
left
and
not
sores.
one
right
is
hairs
present.
or
Shoulders.
fulness,
this
in
be
satisfaction.
bruises, past
equal
bruising by
should
Withers.
these
Compare
accidental,
situation
buyer's
The
HORSE
merely
this
in
to
Examine
be
may
presence
A
horse
not
if
of
vent
prethe
likely to
SPECIAL
become
AND
PARTS
easily
troublesome
most
off
for
duty
all
Therefore
such
injury
will
fits
etc.,
long
not
and
buying
that
the
the
collar,
Back.
for
examined
stiffness
points
of
the
in
(old
sores
deformity
or
only thing
ending
and
is, in
say
provided
recur,
The
the
to
accounf.
properly.
be
The
this
on
are
often
and
satisfy yourself
The
To
horses
matter,
time
have
we
animal,
an
this
over
a
Some
again.
sore
1,^
DISEASES
THEIR
of
recent)
or
loins.
the
Elbows.
to
look
elbows,
the
for
is
producing
formation
constituting ''capped
bruising
elbow."
of
a
a
at
ing,
swell-
tumour,
HOW
34
Sometimes
this
for
reHef
the
these
stiffness
horse
about
is
there
them,
because
a
knee
should
for.
The
presence
of
small
dark
patch
the
so,
a
other
these
of
owner
may
be
white
points
ready
A
are
"
to
usually
offer
"history
very
looked
be
hairs,
to
or
else
either
having
happened.
able
give
to
ready"
the
in mind
satisfactory explanation. Bear
sellers
any
Blemishing
always
hair,
of
is
stiff-kneed
practically valueless.
broken
the
failed.
have
whether
and
or
when
lameness,
see
to
in
Knees.
The
Feel
performed
is
of
of its removal
means
HORSE
A
operation
an
region
other
CHOOSE
TO
a
one
If
buyer
that
sometimes
too
explanations.
of
the
seller"
is
frequendy
of
36
HOW
CHOOSE
TO
Coronets.
The
The
the
of
top
through
Is
part
hoof,
the
other
foot
also
the
place
openings
result
a
of
generally
the
Press
be
this
whether
see
hoof"
should
with
the
through
it passes
on
evidence
be
feels
a
the
as
quite
In
deposit
of
over
back
order
in
hoof
to
side-bone
which
lime
the
to
is absent.
back
part
border
the
side-bone.
elastic
of
top
hanging
extreme
of
"rigid,"
the
at
of the
the
thumb
but
pushed
at
for
part
yield,
more
or
appear
starts
hair
disease
coronet
^just where
the
the
that
so
should
coronet
one
to
This
It.
on
punctured (etc.)foot.
Sandcrack
hoof,
where
bruised
be
to
treading
liable
are
around
runnuig
Hable
and
the
fistulous
the
band
the
Is
coronet
HORSE
A
when
This
pressed
It does
it
salts
of
not
really
into
is
the
SPECIAL
TPIEIR
AND
PARTS
material
gristle-like
2"7
DISEASES
the
composing
to
the
test
the
plates (lateral cartilages) belonging
of
wings
As
fore
a
the
diseased
in
Although
of
One
this
heavy
all of the
or
to
the
at
course,
inner
and
plates may
be
manner.
the
breeds
have
chiefly
confined
lighter
it
side-bone,
the
needful
rule, it is only
sides.
outer
bones.
pedal
limbs, and,
side
varieties
"
is
and
vanners
sionally
occa-
to
bussers,
etc.
Hoof.
The
Note
whether
at
flatness
The
as
to
of
the
a
from
heels,
sole, thrush,
fore-shoes
get
free
good
ought
view
of
sandcrack,
false
traction
con-
and
quarter,
etc.
to
the
be
taken
off
sole, looking
so
at
.the inner
corn
or
of
the
condition
mealy
dropped
hidden
sole,
and
diseases
An
upright
heels,
the
shoe
a
the
suggest
confirmed
soon
by
disappearing
leaves
point
of
in
be
sole,
mind.
the
or
this
contraction
toe,
and
both
malady.
a
feet,
It
is
being specially lame
the
being
horse
a
one
of
animal
after
renders
monetary
on
presence
it
as
at
worn
step
the
seedy-toe,
leather
a
boxy hoof,
pastern,
cat-like
short,
It
other
Disease.
Navicular
as
on
easily
may
of
use
these
bear
horn,
canker,
the
through
therefore
at
bruises
of it.
parts
A
for
quarter
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
TO
HOW
30
view.
stable, frequently
freely
valueless
exercised.
from
a
SPECIAL
PARTS
AND
exist,
hardly
can
passed
inner
over
of
has
been
be
two
made),
also
Also
one
on
author
not
also
classes
are
the
surgical
at
spend
some
usually
of
who
buyer
his
vicious
condition
sac
money.
and
who
;
cord.
and
person
a
were
the
uncommon,
a
some
should
scrotal
of
an
animal
wounds
the
of
filly to
last-named
aid.
all
remembers
hermaphrodite
to
side
of
There
the
the
at
the
of sw^ellin^r
absence
are
anxious
each
be
leaving
whether
where
may
evidence
castrated.
(seams
scars
part
look
weed,"
''
this
stifle
for
note
properly
feel for
Rigs
of
in
here,
thio-hs
the
thickening.
the
whilst
attacks,
or
lameness,
that
so
but
;
side
attack,
from
apart
39
Stifle.
The
Disease,
DISEASES
THEIR
the
sold
a
was
Both
able,
objection-
being beyond
40
HOW
TO
CHOOSE
Hocks.
The
These
should
handled.
At
thoropin
both
be
the
hocks
"
by
inches
the
below
line
with
When
of
spoken
Bone
either
by
whole
one
hocks
enlargement
an
part
possibly
may
both
of
cannon
The
hazel-nut
the
;
three
and
side
be
on
view.
it is
present
on
It is denoted
and
inner
^just where
"
about
enlarged
if so,
the
on
hock
or
Is present,
in
seen
one
hock."
sprung
or
or
hock,
is much
joint
spavin
the
hocks,
or
curb
of
at, also
hock
swelling
best
''
as
looked
found,
When
point
Is
the
be
small
a
it.
the
of
back
capped."
it is denoted
a
carefully
perhaps
may
HORSE
A
it
lower
joins
the
bone.
spavin
to
that
varies
of
a
in
duck's
size
egg
from
or
that
of
thereabout.
a
PARTS
.SPECIAL
In
horse
a
of
presence,
of
A
the
the
bog
hock
for
required
necessarily
not
THEIR
AND
value
market
work,
call
of the
be
may
4
drawback,
should
course,
spavin
slow
serious
a
DISEASES
a
for
it
but
a
1
is
its
tion
reduc-
horse.
puffy
condition
of
joint.
Melanosis.
This
of
the
pigmented
denoted
of such
by
in
tumours
either
body,
Evidence
the
is
disease
various
internally
is
the
frequently
or
found
formation
parts
of
externally.
beneath
tail.
Roaringf.
This
in
is
a
connection
very
with
common
the
symptom
of disease
respiratory organs.
42
TO
HOW
It is denoted
known
as
The
it is
by
of
intake
the
during
sound
is
it
of
modification
A
whisking.
of it
variable, consequently
are
curable, though
sometimes
"grunt"
HORSE
roaring"
"
a
air.
causes
majority
A
CHOOSE
instances.
of
when
is
threat
a
"
Roarers
"
in
not
made
will
the
often
strike
to
them.
At
their
auctions,
animals
sellers
"
often
object
have
of
soundness
for
tested
to
wind."
This
does
in
necessarily
not
this
"
too
market
common,
value.
soundness
un-
respect.
Wind.
Broken
Broken-winded
indicate
horses
in
There
are
fact.
is
a
enough
common
They
have
characteristic
no
cough
HOW
44
and
leg
may
is
diseases
unsoundness.
not
TO
be
jerked
constitute
CHOOSE
difficult
up
HORSE
A
of
Both
suddenly.
the
The
detection.
worst
forms
these
of
CHAPTER
POINTS
Shire
choosing
loads,
there
selecting
but
taste,
and
exceedingly
harnessed
First
the
body.
heavy
gelding
a
Shire,
the
surpass
to
more
like
we
carting
for
six
at
thereabout.
is
the
roan
horse
nothing
or
age,
Horse.
preference
colour
The
a
is
by
of
years
BREEDS.
TYPICAL
OF
The
When
III
dark
best,
bay,
look
colours
these
when
showy
black,
brown,
and
individual
of
matter
a
animal
the
is
up.
of
all,
The
look
at
the
should
chest
45
general
be
build
broad
of
and
46
HOW
thus
deep,
allowing-
full
have
A
CHOOSE
TO
the
when
play
HORSE
and
lungs
heart
is
strain
great
to
thrown
them.
upon
Horsemen
animal
sometimes
being
as
should
lead
on
with
to
a
particular
Pay
below,
broad
and
covered
shoulders
such
an
well-hearted."
''
thick
Neck
of
speak
muscles,
deep
long
and
attention
joining
forearm.
strong
the
to
which
legs
and
feet.
Broad
short
and
knees
the
well-bred
Shire.
the
knees
should
and
sinews,
"
as
below
loins
The
free
one
is"'a
hocks
from
sign
long
When
feel
spavin.
be
of
fine
most
clean, broad
skin,
horsemen
silky
breeding.
are
of
below
beyond
amongst
good
quarters
should
handled
Plenty
of
typical
are
little
known
legs."
clean
and
bone,
legs
hair
Broad
essential.
below,
and
POINTS
attention
much
Too
their
the
of
tale
the
''
really useful
will
work
it will
purpose,
unless
tell
once
there
begins
whether
end
ever
the
soon
and
structures,
process
the
to
good
not
"
patching-up
knowing
no
these
upon
paid
be
are
and
body
47
BREEDS
cannot
these
if
feet, because
weight
TVPICAT.
OF
in the
case
is
to
a
of
a
^
mare.
The
well
ought
feet
open
at
from
free
the
feet,
should
prevent
As
the
full
to
horse,
the
the
quarters,
yet quite
towards
flatness.
during
Shire
observed
at
trotting.
It should
be
enter
other
any
equally
disease,
quite impossible to
buying.
be
Like
is
brittle,
appear
should
this
deep, and
and
which
from
one
round.
of
and
those
action,
subject
broad
tendency
or
walk, also
and
heels
any
Small
be
to
liable
but, of
into
a
class
to
course,
of
become
it is
description
of
48
these
to
now
TO
beyond
that
ought
a
the
prove
be
to
Shire.
thoropin,
For
full
readers
as
choosing
:
roaring,
ring-bone, spavin,
slipped
wind
consult
shoulder,
galls,greasy
legs,
collar
galls.
shivering,
of
description
should
likely
such
or
for when
quarter,
vision,
those
out
detrimental,
are
false
HORSE
pointing
sanclcrack,
wind,
a
A
specially looked
Side-bone,
defective
of
most
These
broken
CHOOSE
and
these
Barton's
diseases,
Veterinary
"
Manual."
The
With
many
but
favourite,
than
for
five
the
to
this
of
breed
it is somewhat
variety
immediate
Clydesdale.
eight years
select
of age,
is
lighter
last mentioned.
work,
horse
a
and
If
a
great
in
body
required
Clydesdale
either
brown
from
or
black
the
on
colour, with
in
spot"
face
and
"
betw^een
being
and
i6
49
(white marking)
ratch
a
last-named
the
"
BREEDS
TYPICAL
OF
POINTS
"beauty
a
in
hands
17
height.
A
should
typical Clydesdale
width
and
jaws
of
with
forehead,
broad
have
docile
a
countenance.
a
are
as
Great
breadth
short,
thick
sine
a
The
shoulders,
well
named
and
back
is
must
be
strong,
arm,
and
forearm
with
covered
long
the
Inroad
silky
hairs
muscles,
broad
knees
;
cannon-bones
of
of
long
regarded
and
of
length.
medium
be
It
oblique shoulders,
and
A
non.
qtta
of ribs,
chest, roundness
neck,
defect.
a
of
"
;
clean,"
springing
and
should
the
last-
pasterns
broad
with
ance
abund-
from
an
the
;
region
fetlocks.
quarters,
with
a
fair
length
of
P
leg,
50
TO
HOW
and
clean,
looked
CHOOSE
when
should
hocks,
well-shaped
for
HORSE
A
buying
this
of
horse
a
be
variety.
Freedom
from
ring-bone,
etc.,
are
animal
of
be
trot,
detrimental
of
the
said
Shire
is
Clydesdale,
diseases
be
to
the
sinews,
the
sound
and
be
not
may
utility.
been
has
the
indicated,
age
of
provided
bone-spavin
a
to
What
feet
the
side-bone,
flatness
though,
;
as
thickened
spavin,
necessary
the
at
diseases
heel, sandcrack,
contracted
feet,
such
with
equally
the
and
reference
the
applicable
regarding
same
looked
specially
to
for
to
the
when
choosing.
The
For
the
indeed
be
Suffolk
general
difficult
work
to
Horse.
of
find
a
a
farm,
more
it would
suitable
bound
be
to
The
good.
the
and
proportionate,
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
TO
HOW
52
should
feet
of
pasterns
be
moderate
obliquity.
class
this
As
moderate
curb
be
to
Clydesdale,
Shire,
or
at
splint
as
others
and
with
than
found
a
performing
work.
slow
The
In
diseases
likely
more
are
the
such
pace,
works
often
horse
of
last-named
the
exist
In
to
a
much
less
to
obtain
order
of
also
are
{see "Shire"),
Suffolk
the
unsoundness
of
causes
same
breed,
this
some
of
w^hich
exist
juxtaposition
In
to
the
but,
to
In
occur
believe,
we
It
county
the
of
some
Suffolk.
"
liable
extent.
well-known
the
frequent
Is
best
mens
speci-
advisable
to
studs,
many
and
of
"
those
visit
of
in
POINTS
'bus,
Van,
of
much
of
the
and
Vanner.
and
tramway
of
one
a
heavy
a
make.
them
are
of
animals
these
that
product
No
doubt
also
bred
size
and
to
are
horse
draught
in
practically identical
parents
all
are
the
and
lighter
large proportion
so
horses
stamp,
between
cross
a
The
same
53
BREEDS
TYPICAL
OF
a
from
build,
extent
some
distinctive.
that
Now
the
use
tramway
be
must
of
horses
amono^st
and
'bus
the
and
broad
well
should
forearm
set
be
on
'bus
the
short, and
various
the
horse
have
a
demand
and
the
must
short,
limbs.
muscular
long
supplanting
decline.
the
on
and
van
Is
companies,
deep-chested,
and
quarters
the
traction
greatly
Both
body,
electric
the
neck
loins
deep.
be
stout
The
strong,
HOW
54
As
height, select
to
bay,
or
grey,
six
about
colour, and
of age.
years
brought
over
'bus
and
van
really
class
of
work,
be
to
country
etc.,
and
them
this
spavin,
frequent,
are
looked
be
always
for
Amongst
flat feet
and
tendons,
are
sold
of
many
animals.
first-class
should
when
this
to
horses
Canadian
horse, splint,curb, side-bone,
thickened
and
of
numbers
Large
are
hands,
i6^
about
one
in
brown
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
TO
specially
for
choosing.
Hunters.
It
Is
the
over
so
several
The
impossible
to
selection
of
the
where
times
a
head
should
week
exercise
a
animal
hunter,
is
more
likely to
throughout
be
small
much
too
and
the
care
larly
particube
used
season.
the
neck
POINTS
but
long,
as
inchnation
an
favourable
body
a
than
and
is rather
ewe-neck
broad,
Chest
should
quarters
thighs
is known
fact, what
in
otherwise.
but
broad,
;
towards
compact,
loins
to
arched
not
55
BREEDS
TYPICAL
OF
be
;
muscular
buttocks
and
long
degree.
A
high
with
forehand
and
shoulder
perfect
indispensable
shoulders,
oblique
and
action,
knee
qualifications
in
are
typical
a
hunter.
All
but
joints
"
especially
"
of
disease
should
the
be
broad,
sufficient
quite
free
and
from
kind.
any
slightest stiffness
The
hocks
and
knees
to
in
these
off"
"warn
regions
a
is
would-be
purchaser.
Mere
so
injury.
blemishes
long
as
are,
they
of
exist
course,
apart
tant,
unimporfrom
other
56
Short
pasterns
HORSt
A
of
"
from
free
toes
CHOUSE
TO
HOW
slope
moderate
inwards
incline
any
and
"
are
needful.
A
from
heart,
sound
vice
when
to
For
twelve
seasons'
good
that
animal
the
upon
is
required.
plenty
at
one
ten
or
the
is
years
has
animal
a
a
good
suitable
had
several
and
master
age,
in
country.
boys
being
A
and
ten
under
work
and
provided
of
depend
prefer a five-year-old ;
many
to
seven
provided
for
of age.
years
From
will
the
six-year,
a
look
to
hunter.
whom
for
freedom
and
eyes,
first essentials
much
instance,
others
For
a
age,
individual
a
the
are
selectino-
As
sound
great
girls old
that
they
hunters
have
canny
jumpers."
many
hunters
"
are
the
are
able,
prefer-
reputation
bought
and
sold
POINTS
Tattersall's
at
the
the
this
In
etc.
himself
the
(London)
intending
in
wants
huntinoHorses
be
may
animal's
his
advertise
Fields
or
able
satisfy
to
in
performances
held.
regularly
attending
acquire
soon
the
to
mend
recom-
we
Gentleman
he
way
5/
sales, but
buyer
County
to
as
BREEDS
TYPICAL
OF
a
for
reputation
hunt
the
at
good
for
or
evil.
Either
trial,warranty,
before
purchase, and,
submit
to
an
The
The
much
the
both,
or
under
animal
for
able
desir-
are
any
stances,
circum-
examination
M.R.C.V.S.
Hackney
Hackney
towards
Harness
or
Horse
the
variety, consequently
Horse.
Society
improvement
there
are
many
has
done
of
this
magni-
58
now
ficent
of
of the
specimens
the
has
standing-
in
breed
various
parts
of
agricultural show
Any
country.
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
TO
for
classes
more
or
one
Hackneys.
The
breed
The
"
the
sire
for
When
a
of
the
Blaze,"
famous
one
the
about
this
last-named
above
short
body,
loins, from
1
four
Barouche
of
breed
who
15^
well
to
horse.
to
horses
try
ribs, and
of
years
from
and
hands,^
16
sprung
seven
sired
Norfolk
making
Hackney,
a
Mr.
horse
This
Flying Childers,"
"
by
imported
1706.
year
selecting
not
sire
a
from
descended
directly
has
Arabian,
Darley
Darley
was
saddle
for
used
largely
harness
a
in addition.
purposes
the
also
it is
horse, but
essentially
is
Hackney
i6i-
to
17
age.
hands.
find
having
strong
6o
HOW
Cleanness
(so
far
of
skin
unsoundness
be
made
of:
the
In
height
hands,
the
of
a
flat
hock,
etc.
is
must
of
horse
heavy
breeds
the
Cleveland
bay colour,
found
in
fective
de-
navicular
wind
sole,
Bay.
with
characteristic
most
animals
feet,
Cleveland
variety
between
mention
Hackney,
capped
corn,
of
causes
ring-bone, roaring,
The
This
frequent
contracted
sucking,
is desirable.
splint, bone-spavin, curb,
vision,
disease,
the
tissue
of
excess
"
most
in
freedom
means
from
bone
the
HORSE
which
"
and
Amongst
A
leg
possible)
as
between
CHOOSE
TO
constitutes
and
Hackneys.
bay
is
black
feature
the
link
a
beauty
about
i6
points,
of
of
but
these
their
POINTS
hindquarters,
tail is
in
neck
deep
muscular
because
this
and
arched,
end
short,
Forearms
shoulders.
is favourable
to
"
liftingof
good
clean
;
but
chief
this
Yorkshire
is
for
is
very
horse, and
light
work,
van
like
much
can
land,
Cleve-
the
be
used
the
for
purposes.
The
be
variety
coach
similar
For
use
good
and
legs,
qualificationsof
essential
whose
and
well
be
straight back,
feet, are
to
should
feet."
A
etc.
the
which
in
manner
1
gracefully attached.
so
The
the
the
and
6
BREEDS
TYPICAL
OF
coaching
about
should
these
purposes
i6}4
have
Horse.
Coach
Yorkshire
or
17
hands
animals
in
stoutly-builtbodies,
need
height,
strong
62
legs
length
moderate
of
"
muscular
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
TO
HOW
loins
powerful
and
forearms,
but
short
"
and
quarters.
The
is
coach
horse
-his
the
through
chances
this
useful
once
This,
coach
it is
many
work,
very
when
of
breed
of
other
not
horse
giving
compared
no
a
turn-out
some
twenty
light
not
ways,
rail-
appear
of
services
reinstated.
why
reason
that
appearance,
with
the
of
still be
such
purposes,
handsome
of
bers,
num-
become
last
does
beinois
should
stamp
etc.,
future
course,
horse
a
there
and
the
in
the
introduction
cycles, etc.,
any
in
utility having
especially within
narrowed,
years,
of
sphere
which
tion
Associa-
Horse
diminished
necessarily
has
"
of
breeding
Coach
the
by
encouraged
the
"
bred,
as
because
used
be
can
the
for
char-a-banc
of
this
a
especially
more
of
class
for
the
inferior
animals
one
so
this
of
work
sort
often
the
than
more
of
can
be
most
have
pocket
of
racer
are
head,
with
the
of
and
hobbies
dealt
have
that
of
number
certainly
who
is
racers
these
in
equal
not
been
of
out
it.
by
Some
those
of
that
of
the
in, and
is
is
horse.
expensive
bred
it
anything
outline
training
profit"
"to
into
simple
and
indulged
animals
to
the
who
those
etc.
character
enter
racino-
or
breeding
one
to
most
thorouorhbred,
The
this
of
work
impossible
quite
do
to
Thoroug^hbred,
small
a
releo-ated
sees
during holidays,
The
In
63
BREEDS
TYPICAL
OF
POINTS
:
the
A
more
straio-ht
important
forehead
small, pointed
ears
of
points
and
;
a
height
the
lono-
from
64
HOW
neck
hands;
16
to
15
shoulders
deep
and
long
chest
;
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
TO
narrow;
and
deep,
ribs
back
short.
All
and
forearm
As
should
be
skin
over
Is
the
become
is to
free
as
have
firm
all.
first
essential, if
successful
a
bird
a
as
long
a
fine,
pasterns,
It
action.
to
animal
It
long
thin
and
tendons,
the
should
thoroughbreds
racer.
elastic
"
to
a
degree.
large
A
"
out
failures"
occupying
consequently
found
Most
their
they
far
so
as
are
place
animals
these
much
original owner
racers
career
no
"
at
races
chance
any
the
on
turf,
menial
work
anticipated.
however
matter
the
turn
frequently
are
more
though
young,
standing
prominent
a
performing
their
than
thoroughbreds,
when
promising
very
of
of
number
"
^have
ful
success-
not
a
long
POINTS
of
period
glory
tremendous
OF
TYPICAL
on
the
exertion
during
execute
a
horse
is
that
full
be
yet
When
of
it
but
be
from
found
to
chestnut,
:
a
the
build
of
black, and
colours
to
body
of
best
stable,
the
horse,
that
16
to
up
wants
saddle
a
spirit.
saddle
hands
meet
to
the
of
out
and
energy
of
have
regulated by
14^
horsemen
and
in
choosing
must
upon
Hack.
should
it
of
called
are
essentials
first
both
manners,
the
race.
Park
the
of
to
owing
course,
they
The
One
65
BREEDS
of
in
brown
select, all
the
the
height
of the
hands
rider,
will
be
generality of
proportion. Bay,
are
the
able^,
suit-
most
being showy.
E
Do
66
HOW
select
not
with
hock
movements.
rather
Slioht
and
the
round
and
neck
;
body
sweet
side
high
wide,
head
;
low
nor
for
if
so
indispensable,
is
temper
lady,
a
more
aged,
or
rider.
nervous
With
reference
advise
to
selecting
preferably
Before
six
or
park
hack
cars,
five
under
not
years,
seven.
should
electric
should
you
traffic, because
in
should
we
age,
one
purchasing,
animal
motor
chest
;
be
carriage).
particularly
a
and
should
cobby
neither
a
advantao-e,
an
length
short,
carried
{medium
A
the
is
buttocks
medium
of
on
and
lioht,
and
thighs
but
action,
stylish,knee
yet
sides
at
"
hi^h
''
low,
fl itness
HORSE
A
havincr
one
hack
CHOOSE
TO
it is necessary
pass
cars,
ride
and
road
be
the
that
tractions,
free
from
68
HOW
When
from
have
about
hour
an
it is
brought
lameness,
who
equally
the
7nan,
this
sale
desirous
saddle
than
because
a
really
not
Field
the
when
of
observed.
Cob.
selecting
a
harness
and
or
for
signs
any
be
of
County
cob
use
their
wants
Gentle-
animal
first-class
easily
very
ing
intend-
that
so
advertise
the
an
placed
Harness
of
is
then
probably
for
better
the
inspection
columns
sort
obtained
in
of
the
ring.
Try
a
suitable
do
cannot
are
brings
removed,
stable,
and
Saddle
Those
the
will
show
to
horse
for
out
hack
a
saddle
the
in
etc.,
The
of
the
and
washed,
feet
HORSE
A
distance
a
buyer,
in
vendor
the
animal
CHOOSE
TO
and
purchase
gelding by
a
cob
preference,
five
from
years
14^
of
to
age
14*3
POINTS
TYPICAL
(3F
hands, preferably of
black
colour.
and
Good
possible.
Head
free
from
shoulders
and
having
chest
The
saddle
to
Clean
legs
from
all
Do
that
swelHngs
buy
not
has
high
stvlish
Avoid
well
of any
shaped
kind,
for
work
action,
but
one
all-round
purchasing
ribs
in
and
free
stiffness,etc.
of
this
having
kind
good
liftinof.
one
a
required.
cob
a
the
slope.
feet.
is
joints,
and
of
Pay particular
short.
and
in
ending
objectionable
is
what
are
broad
Good,
legs
carried.
degree
broad,
be
Flanks
the
well
and
are
"
moderate
this
as
horse.
attention
a
traffic, if
cobs
many
"
muscular,
should
over-round,
not
region
is
indispensable.
are
heaviness
short
Neck
and
manners
in this
ugly
very
there
where
or
in saddle
both
animal
the
and
harness,
chestnut,
bay, brown,
a
Try
69
BREEDS
that
turns
its
toes
70
HOW
outwards
CHOOSE
TO
inwards
or
;
HORSE
A
that
brushes
speedy
or
cuts.
As
and
flatness
from
free
which
of
be
(excepting
ate,
proportion-
sole, contracted
of
brittleness,
heels, sandcrack,
all
should
feet, these
the
to
and
corn
two)
thrush,
constitute
unsoundness.
A
the
slight splinty deposit,
bone,
cannon
nothing
fast
to
work
do
is
with
having
if well
placed
immaterial,
animal
an
but
have
required
bone-spavin,
a
on
for
curb,
or
corns.
tendons,
Thickened
should
saddle-sores
puffy
joints,
sufficient
be
to
and
prevent
buying.
Like
liable
any
to
have
other
class
defects
respiratory apparatus,
roaring
and
broken
of
in
the
wind.
horse,
connection
chief
of
the
is
cob
with
which
its
are
POINTS
To
give
a
good
saddle.
of
part
the
provoke
the
of
soft
the
fingers
throat.
a
the
the
under
latter,use
gentle
the
upon
upper
it will
If broken-winded,
characteristic
cough
1
first-named,
gallop uphill
evidence
with
7
BREEDS
for
smart
For
pressure*
TVPICAI.
animal
the
test
it
OF
of
this
disease.
Zebroids.
typical
A
in
of
produce
The
a
Burchell's,
Africa,
than
zebra
species
crossing
of
this
of
breed
frontispiece illustration,
our
for
animal
the
In
selected
of
with
which
and
is
accordance
the
is
the
considered
is that
in
common
altogether
species
the
which
the
mare.
mare
with
vary
a
zebra
is
mountain
will
and
shown
is
of
the
build
of
best
known
certain
as
parts
build
stouter
zebra.
variety
and
pace
of
dam
of
the
72
HOW
animal.
For
heavier
or
zebra
several
At
classes
have
which
the
of
much
produce
when
thoroughbred
a
been
Shire
or
employed.
large agricultural shows
become
established
largely, in
may
will
sire
has
mare
Clydesdale
a
than
progeny
Hackney
the
instance,
to
put
mare
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
TO
for
of
course
zebroids,
time, supplant
mule.
The
colours
Brown
bay, striped
stripes, grey
These
Cape
but
vary,
with
animals
they
black,
black
horse-sickness
"
bay
with
as
:
brown
stripes, etc.
said
are
such
are
a
be
to
immune
to
recommendation.
Mules.
These
transport
immune
animals
work,
from
are
and
certain
chiefly
are,
used
like
maladies.
abroad
the
for
zebrold,
In
POINTS
OF
general
their
colour
and
from
These
a
The
a
as
mare
is
15
hands,
and
good
when
legs
and
choosing.
by
an
ass
for
dam.
hinny
or
and
horse,
a
and
robust,
a
many
put
the
horse
starvation
on
breed
for
children's
be
properly
the
of
these
The
This
to
14
produced
are
constitution
been
73
applicable
are
mother
of
the
tribe.
The
where
is
for
jennet
sire
donkey
very
looked
terms
if the
height
vice,
hybrids
and
sire
be
to
are
BREEDS
brown.
Freedom
feet,
TYPICAL
animals
use,
broken.
pony
is
usually
live
can
would
well
that
it had
particularly
suitable
fmd
rations.
Shetland
of
mule
Pony.
is
provided
that
the
animals
TO
HOW
74
Large
which
In
Aberdeen,
simple enough
saddle
left
this
in
matter
very
should
have
them
the
in
on
typical specimens
There
these
feature,
an
easy
matter
rate,
Shetland
country
;
are
as
that, for
purchaser
it renders
largely
in fact, the
the
losing
viz., smallness
find
is
them
;
most
all home-bred.
disposition,
a
for
size, thus
to
a
pony
probably
are
is, however,
In
them
docile.
circumstances,
increase
both
to
advise
we
a
satisfactorily
castrated,
the
this
of
be
usually
them
used
any
more
of
Breeding
at
same
much
very
carried
though
children
young
be
in
often
is
break
to
can
condition,
it
are
landed
can
Numbers
and
"entire,"
and
and
;
harness.
and
ponies
city they
cheaply
very
these
Shetland
from
over
HORSE
A
of
quantities
brought
bought
CHOOSE
under
Shetland
its
and
under
to
able
desir-
one
It
is
9
or
not
lo
76
As
four
to
how
and,
do
to
with
them.
bought
as
trained
these
naturally
brought
They
for
suitable
be
(yearlings), and
fondness
for
Pony.
these
of
from
country
children's
ponies
work
use,
are
Iceland.
and
hardy,
remarkably
are
can
reasonably
can
Iceland
this
horses
increased.
quantities
into
or
it is wonderful
their
bairns,
The
Large
children
three
at
one
kindness,
''foals"
amongst
is
get
HORSE
miniature
what
from
expect
A
and
these
soon
taught
If
try
age,
years,
CHOOSE
TO
HOW
in
quite
coal-pits,
etc.
In
colour
chestnut,
colours.
bay,
they
and
vary
duns
greatly,
are
the
but
commonest
light
POINTS
and
Hardy
can
be
chief
them
of
some
have
trimmed
BREEDS
thrivers
good
their
are
TYPICAL
OF
//
on
poor
turage
pas-
recommendations,
look
to
up
action,
good
very
but
and
"thoroughly
respectable."
Icelanders
greengrocers,
are
who
such
in
pony,"
or,
be
means
the
and
be
within
any
as
way
often
of
keeping
Welsh
of
Many
and
it
is
in
these
a
breed
and
who
the
the
wish
to
an
reach
of
a
those
keep
"to
case,
its
pony
a
may
owner.
Ponies.
ponies
that
give
really high-class
are
have
we
recommending
quite willing
selling prices
ambitious
is
for
ponies
their
etc.,
to
as
are
admirable
make
to
but
elegant
a
every
those
moderate
animal.
who
dence
confi-
are
price,
78
HOW
These
ponies
and
Try
driven
and
broken
The
best
the
Welsh
a
of
precaution,
seeing
surgeon
he
to
to
thinks
it
likely
been
application
Wales,
or
daily
paper,
not
to
the
inspect
suit,
to
by
to
some
ment
advertise-
taking
buy
the
without
qualified veterinary
some
and
has
a
to
pony,
excuiiine
if
and,
it
as
soundness.
The
addresses
in
the
go
for
really good
getting
course,
appointing
or
(or
that
one
in
town.
make
in
fast.
brown
hands
i^
of
to
breeders
in
in
method
is
specimens
of
to
i i
taineers,
moun-
and
stylish
hands), preferably
14
good
four-year-old,
a
from
HORSE
hardy,
are
buy
and
colour,
A
frequently
and
cob,
CHOOSE
TO
seller,
the
etc.
of
any
locality
can
veterinary
be
had
tioners
practithrough
POINTS
Ponies.
Polo
When
get
selecting
with
one
withers,
inclined
be
to
All
the
from
any
full
play.
Blemishes
said
be
ought
colour
of
to
not
The
Arab
polo ponies
to
their
srrounds
be
is
have
as
are
earned
Hurlinoham
neck
aoe,
an
free
with
their
the
;
same
the
but
height
advantage,
this
any
but
real
special
for
reputation
on
and
Ranelah.
many
idea
frequently paid
a
may
hands.
without
for
and
strong
interfere
14
bred
prices
will
above
cross
are
be
and
suitability
Fabulous
which
should
unimportant
are
and
upright.
that
disease
and
try
loins, low
shoulders,
carried
joints
polo,
short
and
back
muscular
long
for
pony
a
long
a
79
BREEDS
TYPICAL
OF
as
work.
ponies
such
8o
HOW
TO
Exmoor
These
ponies
chestnut,
short
dun,
in
Within
from
bodies,
good
recent
improved,
class
studs
exist.
pony,
and
when
saddle
and
harness
advertise
to
of
papers
It
have
and
limbs, and,
good
and
is
has
breed
been
high-
numerous
a
hardy
trained,
useful
specimens,
in
wants
district
of
variety
for
both
from
it is desirable
one
which
of
local
the
these
ponies
come.
Dartmoor
best
be
obtained
a
as
purposes.
one's
the
the
years
much
obtain
generally bay,
colour,
good
hands
feet.
very
To
and
in
13^
to
1 1
height,
black
or
muscular
rule, very
Ponies.
are
(or thereabout)
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
and
New
in
the
Forest
same
manner.
ponies
can
rOINTS
OF
considerable
find
their
markets,
are
cobs.
are
rouo-h
market,
in
They
are
usually
not
work
etc.
on
around
built,
stoutly
hardy,
very
small
hardy,
and
are
holdino-s,
and
fairs
shire.
Aberdeen-
but
lacking
Southern
well-bred
of
high,
animals
these
northern
and
indicative
qualities
of
the
into
especially
They
in
number
way
1
Cobs.
Orkney
A
8
BREEDS
TYPICAL
their
suitable
drivino-
prices
for
to
CHAPTER
SOCIETIES,
HORSE
following-
The
of
the
full
For
pedigrees,
to
the
the
addresses
for
the
of
breeds
stud
regarding
application
etc.,
should
provement
im-
horses.
animals,
be
made
Secretaries.
Secretary
Mr.
various
particulars
various
and
names
organisations
Society.
Horse
Shire
Hon.
the
are
principal
of
IV
:
J. Sloughgrove,
12
Hanover
Square,
London,
85
W.
86
HOW
CHOOSE
TO
Clydesdale
Mr.
A.
HORSE
A
Horse
Society,
MacNeilage,
Street,
Hope
93
Glasgow.
Suffolk
Mr.
Horse
F.
Society.
Smith,
Woodbridge,
Suffolk.
The
Hon.
Yorkshire
Coach
Secretary
Mr.
Horse
Society.
:
J. White,
Appleton,
Roebuck,
Yorkshire.
The
Hon.
Cleveland
Bay
Secretary
Mr.
F.
Horse
Society.
:
W.
Potto
HORSFALL,
Grange,
Northallerton,
Yorks.
A
Improvement
Secretary
Mr.
87
SOCIETIES
HORSE
OF
Hunters'
The
Hon.
LIST
Society,
:
A.
Charlton,
B.
Hanover
12
Square,
London.
of
Union
Trotting
Great
and
Britain
Ireland.
Mr.
Cathcart,
Trinity Square,
7
Brixton,
S.W.
London,
The
Hon.
Secretary
Mr.
Horse
Hackney
H.
Society.
:
EuREN,
12
Hanover
Square,
London,
Also
Parade
same
address
Society.
(F. Eurln)
for London
Coach
W.
Horse
SS
TO
HOW
The
Secretary
CHOOSE
Polo
A
HORSE
Society.
Pony
:
F.
Mr.
R.
Hill,
Felhampton
Court,
Church
Shetland
Secretary
Pony
Stretton.
Society.
:
Mr.
R.
R.
Ross,
35
Market
Street,
Aberdeen.
New
Secretary
Mr.
Forest
Pony
Society.
'
:
St.
Barbe,
Lymington.
Hampshire.
'^
A
LIST
General
Hon.
OF
Book
Stud
Secretary
HORSE
89
SOCIETIES
(for
Racers).
:
Mr.
Weatherbv,
Newmarket.
CHOOSE
TO
HOW
92
of
if
ignorance
thumb
of
of
to
a
horse
"
said
endeavour
an
unscrupulous
After
the
being
ao^e,
be
sirable
it de-
older
nature,
of
gain
the
taken
that
so
of
times
the
amateur
sufficient
teeth, thus
when
from
at
are
"
The
apart
"
its teeth
with
but
-old.
-year
animal
an
examine
to
years,
two
he
knowledge
preventing
with
meets
vendor.
carefully studying
the
find
went
four
a
of
to
inspection
advantage
the
may
writer
of
of
examination
an
to
appearances
truly deceptive
by
instances
considerably
it is
the
"
indicative
should
the
is.
recently
general
a
that
state
other
horse
under
fall
to
In
young
Quite
teeth
the
a
actually
it
happens
expert.
an
possessor
than
he
being
pleads
he
because
dishonesty,
of
fear
it without
indulges in, applying
accused
HORSE
A
beoinner
our
should
remarks
make
upon
it
a
rule
THE
examine
to
hhn
an
way
one
AGE
of
age
of
conditions,
applicable
:
is
far
this
In
expert.
very
so
affording
doing.
so
horse
the
93
horse
every
become
soon
may
followino-
judged
of
some
as
by
the
these
"
Whether
1.
of
opportunity
The
are
teeth
the
HORSE
THE
OF
teeth
the
temporary
are
or
permanent.
Amount
2.
and
of
grinding
3.
Season
permanent''
4.
zvhen
are
the
mouth
number
in
the
mare
nipping
.
zvhen
year
''cut,''or
the
porary''
''tem-
"replaced'' by
ones.
of
Appearance
The
and
the
of
teeth
"
rfaces
su
their
upon
ivear
is open
of
lower
the
and
when
are
36
teeth
it is closed.
teeth
temporary
there
corner
permanent
is 24,
94
HOW
with
ones,
the
of
CHOOSE
TO
tusks
4
last-named)
the
in
molars
6
in each
lower
and
incisors
6
and
Tusks
or
HORSE
(not usually
teeth, arranged
40
A
horse,
in the
side
of
jaws,
making
-
-
-
below,
:
24
-
-
12
-
and
above
2
-
order
above
-
(ifpresent),2
total
upper
nipping teeth,
below,
a
following
the
in
present
4
-
-
40
4th, 5th,
The
jaw
molar
followed
T
or
thereabout,
of
the
year,
molars
years.
by
the
becoming
by
the
time
teeth
the
until
its appearance
to
two
6th
always permanent,
are
making
and
4th
about
5th
level
the
at
with
animal
in
one
each
not
9
months
18
months
the
rest
reaches
It
is
The
I
temporary
"
2^
years
four
years
The
incisor
far
the
incisor
teeth
should
correct
and
age
the
of
until
not
is
by
the
molars,
there
their
be
yean
ing
ascertain-
reference
the
to
convenient
most
as
are
appearance,
of
way
all
are
canines
fourth
general
only, being
to
necessary
The
most
about
or
teeth
or
the
about
horse's
reference
the
the
at
2nd, but
tusks
date
the
usually
place
one.
the
but
all
are
replaced by
nipping
or
from
is
3rd
teeth
course,
and
ist
for the
permanent
By
the
one
mouth.
takes
which
for
temporary,
of
that
years
molar
3rd
and,
ones,
permanents,"
which
and
2nd,
St,
3^4
in the
molar
sixth
fin:^s the
about
until
not
95
HORSE
THE
OF
AGE
THE
a
any
rule, is
doubt
;
only
as
to
age.
chief
permanent
differences
incisor
between
teeth
are
temporary
as
follows
;
CHOOSE
TO
HOW
)
incisors.
Temporary
(a)
is little
There
(d)
The
neck
Teeth
tooth
and
Vertical
the
joins
gum,
very
narrow,
is
white
short.
Permanen
(a)
portion, i.e.,
plain.
small
and
the
down
groove
tooth.
the
very
(c)
no
constricted
or
where
or
the
of
front
HORSE
A
Incisors.
well
groove
marked.
(d) Practically absent.
embedded
The
a
best
temporary
into
method
from
and
large, broad,
(c) Comparatively
of
a
the
gum.
learning
permanent
deeply
to
recognise
incisor
tooth
AGE
THE
is
OF
THE
self-observation
by
colt
between
both
forms
of
3
teeth
will
97
the
mouth
of
or
4
years,
when
be
observable
upon
and
2^
HORSE
a
for
comparison.
The
incisor
Centrals,
the
the
central
eight
"
of
the
in
occupy
the
has
couple
followed
jaw,
laterals
a
within
by
the
of
the
six
next
weeks.
development
or
foal
the
each
in
time
up
about
of
the
eight
teeth
appear,
jaws,
the
to
about
eight
months
taking place comprises
only change
the
at
birth
teeth
this
From
ance
accord-
being sufficiently
explanatory
after
appearance
or
in
as
this.
Shortly
"
Corners,
positions they
terms
indicate
to
of
spoken
are
and
Laterals,
with
mouth,
teeth
months
all, of
difference
centrals
course,
in
and
the
laterals, but
incisor
corner
"
"paired
appearance
the
as
in
both
to
time
98
HOW
of
CHOOSE
useless
quite
the
animal's
The
when
animal
young
temporary
incisor
in
its
until
mouth
becoming
It
is
a
In
both
forming
worn
has
teeth, and
their
important
estimate
an
is
a
complete
these
turned
be
to
a
complete
years,
the
teeth
surfaces.
able
to
guish
distin-
''two-year
of
set
set
remain
two
and
nipping
from
"yearling"
there
a
expanding,
on
very
now
it has
meanwhile
jaw
insignificant
being
ao-e.
of
the
HORSE
A
teeth
corresponding
and
oi
TO
old."
temporary
incisors.
This
the
can
molars.
be
settled
It is
i^
Fifth
shows
itself, and
at
up
years
once.
before
Refer
to
the
Molar
it
is
not
level
with
the
HOW
lOO
and
TO
and
months
4^
will
teeth
corresponding
3
(lower
the
years
2^
the
teeth,
edges
in the
upper
row.
referred
of
the
of
the
centrals
only)
to
three
cut
the
edges
3^
years,
touch
front
usually
are
HORSE
at
years,
before,
At
A
therefore
corners,
years,
CHOOSE
will
be
slightly worn.
shall
How
such
a
months),
If the
called
or
the
edges,
confirmed
be
soon
A
3
(3
animal
and
"
3
months)
that
as
front
be
may
and
years
tables,
the
on
evidence
(2
3
years
both
"
''
surfaces
worn
by
cast
rising
off
cutting
are
"
is
horse
such-and-
whether
know
we
the
?
they
are
back
and
judged
9
3
laterals
off,
will
off.
four-year-old
lateral
incisors
edges,
but
it
is
being
is,
as
readily
"three-year-old," needful
the
to
by
their
on
worn
in
told
case
be
the
front
of
able
the
to
THE
whether
judge
The
the
hinder
to
the
wear
edge
of
the
redness
is pretty
of
or
4
is
chiefly confined
the
around
to
that
say
to
there
at
gum
very
a
the
best
the
front
''off."
years
laterals, and
safe
is
it
if
''corners''
the
then
4
shows
and
wear,
appear,
evidence
If
the
is
the
horse
sinking
no
it
corners,
is
"rising"
years.
A
precisely
be
A
old
five-year
that
course,
wear
rising
appHcable, viz.,
laterals
the
of
degree
positive
to
of
edge
about
are
in
is
is
statement
same
moderate
4
animal
the
lOl
HORSE
THE
OF
off.
4
or
AGE
the
there
"rising"
same
or
excepting,
manner,
are
no
is told
"off"
incisor
more
of
teeth
shed.
horse
on
which
the
is 5
front
incisors," whereas
"off"
edges
if it is
shows
of
very
the
"rising"
little
"
corner
5
there
HOW
I02
is
no
do
TO
wear
them,
on
generally
not
corresponding
A
CHOOSE
HORSE
because
touch
upper
these
the
teeth
of
edges
until
the
is that
of
ones
the
fifth
birthday.
A
able
6
important
very
to
distinguish
and
years
for
easy
best
referring
central
of
have
"off,"
6
horse
a
task
a
"rising"
certainly
not
that
evidence
the
this
of
shape
lateral
the
of
of
and
the
afforded
tables
the
incisors,
edges
is
the
by
of
the
amount
incisors
corner
undergone.
If
the
the
"central"
evenly
the
conclude
mark
has
teeth
corner
edge
in
to
and
wear
between
being-
amateur.
an
The
one
matter
around
worn
"centrals"
the
age
the
is
as
6
almost
"off."
(Infundibulum)
front
it, and
gone,
of
hinder
and
the
one
mark
may
THE
The
differences
year-old
the
Inorse
shall
We
OF
AGE
chief
is
between
endeavour
distinctive
and
give
to
features
and
seven-
a
these
at
of
summary
ao-es
:
"
Birthday.
''mark''
Central
six
a
equally important.
Sixth
{a)
IO3
HORSE
THE
of
incisors
corner
long
deep.
(b) Central
incisors
are
Seventh
{a) Central
worn
"
Birthday.
mark
on
flattened.
somewhat
"
very
hinder
shallow,
edge
and
well
of tooth.
(b) Distinctly triangular.
(c)
The
Laterals
broader.
differences
between
a
horse
at
7
and
years
teeth
carefully
are
In
horse
a
whereas
in
more
less
or
When
do
horse
as
it is
not
be
quite
at
them
knowing
In
value
to
may
represent
do
so
the
day,
birth-
animal
marketable
9
or
10
that
as
value
because
of
years
valuable
as
be, dealers
whenever
"
"
8th
for
a
age
work
7 years.
or
this
However
to
6
of
Imply
to
be
say,
is
decline.
the
on
wish
not
may
"mark"
its
Its
as
to
one,
point
far
happens
It
the
in
elong^ated,
the
years
speak
to
so
is concerned,
We
is
reaches
horse
and,
"aged,"
8
at
usual
is
"mark"
the
7
distinctly triangular.
a
it
noted.
laterals
one
if the
distinct
pretty
are
at
and
centrals
that
8
at
one
HORSE
A
CHOOSE
TO
HOW
I04
as
the
popular
after
It reaches
"not
idea
8
that
years.
make
it
a
desirable
for
exceeding
8,"
a
horse
falls
THE
From
8
of
this
will
work
in
the
considerably beyond
Mr.
that
Galvayne,
when
the
In
the
about
reaching
the
or
of
style
years
show
to
up
30
instances
showed
ago,
10
itself
the
at
small
a
years
part
top
incisor.
of
course
extends
and
condition
this.
corner
upper
their
reaches
to
old."
''
as
exceptional
many
horse
begins
groove
of
a
date
considered
be
may
best
in
IO5
HORSE
keep
and
age,
THE
horse
a
after
horses
perform
OF
1 2
;
Many
years
to
"
"aged
as
AGE
another
half-way
bottom
5
the
it
years
the
down
within
6
or
next
tooth,
5
years
so.
The
author
other
observers
case,
but
in
certain
and
"
"
has
many
horses
doubtless
found
instances
havino-
thousands
this
to
it
is
the
be
of
the
cable,
inappli-
whole
of
lo6
HOW
their
teeth
CHOOSE
TO
perhaps
only
lo
birth
from
others,
arrive
the
and
reckoned
age.
from
ist
at
date
January
maturity
of
their
others
;
May.
In
foal
of
years
though
down,
way
horses
than
is
15
or
Thoroughbred
earlier
the
all
grooved
HOkSE
A
the
about
North
the
of
middle
Scotland
of
mares
May.
mostly
108
HOW
CHOOSE
TO
HORSE
A
Wind-Sucking:.
This
and
is
a
objectionable
very
wind-suckers
many
fittings, especially
acquired,
to
also
habit
the
the
bite
wooden
if
practice,
stable
Once
ones.
leads
and
continues,
digestive complaints, consequently
animals
generally
are
Wind-sucking
heard
sound,
not
the
denoted
is
frequent,
at
thrifty.
most
by
a
such
"gulping"
but
irregular,
intervals.
To
mitigate
commonly
the
this
evil
around
worn
habit,
the
a
upper
strap
part
throat.
Crib-Biting:.
Constandy
of the
fronts
biting
of the
the
fittingsleads
incisor
teeth.
to
wear
is
of
SOME
A
OBTECTIOXABLE
wooden
and
manger
favourite
are
HABITS
articles
the
for
lOQ
halter
the
rope
crib-biters'
operations.
We
notice
idleness
that
if the
crib-biting,especially
unlimited
an
when
at
away
of
supply
left
predisposes
hay
the
in
animal
has
straw
or
stable
not
grind
to
for
to
several
days together.
It
is
to
way
bound
with
away
by
the
almost
it
prevent
with
iron
all
hold
is
zinc
parts
but
;
of
and
have
to
or
such
crib-biter
seize
habit,
annoying
most
a
the
the
fittings
sheeting,
as
these
anything
be
can
best
animals
within
or
do
seized
will
their
reach.
Weaving:-
The
head
and
forecjuartersare
more
or
less
animal's
It
is
the
in
in
constantly
the
CHOOSE
TO
HOW
1 lO
with
rest.
usually
not
stable
having
in
Kicking
all
are
interfering
motion,
difficult
Vices.
harness,
of
out
or
animals
detect
to
peculiarity.
this
Other
etc.,
HORSE
A
objectionable,
highly
backing,
and
even
dangerous.
horsemen
Many
a
vicious
their
back
through
The
and
ears,
a
only
qualitiestheir
clear,
owner
of
malicious
of their
wTlter
of
this
description
no
matter
see
Intent
eyes.
the
may
this
tails, throw
their
Indicate
advice
animals
stand
Animals
''swish"
and
speedily spot
to
stable.
expression
the
regarding
try
In
horse
frequently
class
able
are
can
whatever
in
them.
give
is
to
good
VII
CHAPTER
LIST
A
OF
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Co.
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before
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men
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all
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Mr.
connection
yet instructive
of
survey
which
lawyers will
"
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belief ; landowners
rule
all
the
and
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interested
anyone
comprehensive
popular
hesitates
who
lawyer
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sportsmen.
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poacher."
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ON
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administration
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have
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facts,
dates,
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but
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have
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Biid.
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13
Press
Opinions
on
The Curse of Central Africa,
"
It would
present
and
be affectation
volume
has
curiosityby
who
country
our
become
for the actions
of the
charges
or
more
officials of
Congo
State.
Free
have
in
this
subject of
consequently
the
some
past,
years
made
been
against the
in
administration
local
on
For
interest
people
existence, and
the
definite
less
of
painfullysensitive
for
responsibility
of the
considerable
increasing numbers
the
have
national
with
awaited
been
not
deny that the appearance
to
Africa, involving not
merely an utter disregard of the rights of property of the
and
for life.
callous
inhuman
natives,but the most
contempt
The
in
both
the
and
on
higher officials,
Brussels, have
Congo
been
charged with complicityin the crimes of their subordinates,
of their neglect to
detect and
partly by reason
punish the
atrocities committed
these
by their agents, and partly because
crimes are, it is alleged, the direct and
result of the,
necessary
and
sanctioned
the
State
for
the
policyadopted
by
exploitation
of the natural
To
these
products of the country.
charges the
been
official answer
has
a
general denial of their accuracy,
with a plea that it is impossible altogether to avoid misconduct
the part of agents serving under peculiarlytryingconditions,
on
from
the central
therefore
difficult to
remote
authority, and
control
;
the
but
that
been
brought
been
taken
found
It
home
apologists
it by suggesting that
advanced
is the
the
also
of
jointwork
with
the
of
the
at
one
quently
custom
effect
the
the
by
motives.
The
officer
former
of
an
service
Congo
in which
as
the
when
the
he
at once
has
been
severity.
utmost
Free
have
and
State
its
charges brought against
officials they are
volume
published to-day
in the British Army
who
former
each, in the service
years
American
citizen who
was
three
of
State, and
time in the
revisited
of the
made
when
periods
two
Free
a
that
punished
for interested
for
was,
of
weaken
trial,and
to
been
been
further
to
any
him
has
guilty he
has
to
bring
to
specificacts of misconduct
officer,steps have
particular
wherever
an
of
the
agent
State
subse-.
State, and
of
one
authorities
of
hold
the
mercial
com-
half the
companies
gather, however, from a long introduction
capital. We
G.
Mr.
Leigh, that the writer of the introduction
signed by
J.
in the production of the volume,
share
has had a considerable
which, unfortunately,bears signs of its composite authorship.
share
On
a
always
Mr.
examination,
cursory
easy
Canisius
to
at
least,
distinguishwhether
who
is the
narrator,
14
we
it is
have
not
found
it
or
Captain Burrows
due, probably, to defective
Press
Opinions
the
they
which
they
though by
purpose
matters,
as
a formal
State
the
no
Administration,
real
interest
that
defects
are
very
to
serve.
the
indictment
the
in the
made
Congo
of substance,
than
found.
be
these
is intended
rather
of
parts
for the
But
in what
form
will
volume
regretted
badly reproduced
employed by
of
material
the
of the
the
methods
of the
be
to
quite useless
instances
avowedly
unimportant
means
are
it is in
so
intended
indictment
and
been
have
in several
are
Africa ""r^;//^.
of Central
It is also much
should
photographs
that
"Curse
material.
of the
arrangement
that
the
on
that
It has
been
book
suggested
probably
may
of law.
before a court
We
the subject of investigation
do
know
how
far this suggestion is likelyto be realised,but in
not
statements
form
case,
any
do
we
not
it be
should
inquiry,
which
is adduced
committing
law, with
for
at
we
an
all exhaustive, cover
a
very wide
have always strongly urged the
the
be
held
strengthened by
review.
of
the
have
have
produced
committed.
been
remain
charges can
the
Congo
Free
Governments
State
Moreover, it
because
they
of
is
not
the
Canisius
we
do
not
the
the
like the
of its
methods. Captain
willingto re-engage
have
State ; but, as
we
been
detracts
from
the
idea
that
of
the
creation
be
deeds
to
put
that
the
country
alleged to
to
of
attempt
have
willingto
In
term.
themselves
necessity for
the
which
can
Congo
Free
matter.
authors
re-enter
the
introduction
and
between
We
the
Mr.
in
that
the
the
passed between
Administration,
and
said,
nor
discredit
to
been
that,with
Burrows
;
the
in this
responsibility
Congo
inquiry into the charges now
Administration, for if those
particularity
a
civilised
ignore them
the
Administration.
idea
a
under
now
their
correspondence
some
and
with
made,
further
a
volume
to
accuracy
character
appalling a
their
to
appear
State
for
and
here
the
simply impossible that these
investigation.The
Sovereign of
for
sufficient
both
Leigh quotes
Captain Burrows
that
further
of
cannot
recognise
to
Mr.
Mr.
been
has
view
is
without
responsible
decline
service
That
capable
It
State
an
against
the
monsters
that
out
made
and
at
point
may
imperativenecessitythat
enables
the test, are of so atrocious
mind
instinctivelyrevolts
can
of
court
appalling charges
charges
which
dates
and
Without
English
an
an
evidence
volume.
field,we
examination
an
of
Som.e
names
the
into
Administration.
Congo
of such
rigid rules of evidence, is tl:;e best tribunal
if it is to be
must
necessarily,
inquirywhich
its very
inquiryshould
this
that
opinion
the
to
in
authors
the
result
in detail the
held, by discussing
by
ourselves
conducting
anticipatethe
to
propose
frankly confess
knowledge they had
Canisius
the service
circumstance
should
of the
in
no
have
Free
way
full,public, and
impartial
made
the
against
publicly
Congo
charges are
well-founded, thev
a
Opinions on
Press
constitute
civilised
the
merely
not
world, but
Power
European
"Curse
outrage
an
a
menace
which
has
the
"
R. A. Everett
Messrs.
the
taken
"
conscience
the
on
to
future
of
work
itself the
on
of
the
every
responsibility
portion of EquatorialAfrica."
of any
good government
-^Morning Post.
for
MvicsL^^"contd.
of Central
publish
Co.
'
The
of Central
Curse
Africa,'by Capt. Guy Burrows, with which is incorporated * A
Cannibals,'by Edgar Canisius,the volume
Campaign amongst
'
Second
Impression,'for
being marked
in
the introduction
completelyexplained
proceedingshave
may
the
at
say
book
that
once
detailed
contain
the
is from
which
of
pen
of
of the
is twice
name
introduction
the
the pen
introduction
that
behalf
on
Reid, whose
Gilzean
by Sir Hugh
threatened
been
not
are
from
in the
It it stated
John George Leigh.
which
reasons
and
Mr.
Mr.
legal
State
Congo
misspelt.
also
the
We
portion of
American,
Canisius,an
with
regard to a well-known
the basis
Belgian officer,Major Lothaire,which might be made
of legalproceedingsin our
of
courts.
the
Many
Belgian officers
in the volume
named
who
whose
are
are
beyond all doubt men
could
and
shameful
not
shocking proceedings
possibly be
of Major
before
defended
an
English jury. But the case
is not without
He
friends and
is different.
Lothaire
admirers,
he
this
and
became
in
although
even
country,
unpopular here
after he shot
above
not
Stokes, yet Stokes was
reproach, and
is
there
a
statements
Belgian side
that
the
transaction.
that
to
If it is to be
in the volume
statements
before
are
degree exaggerations,it is by Major Lothaire, we
proof
such
is made
State
Congo
possiblybe
can
offered.
Mr.
by
The
in an admirable
book
it is doubtful
far it is
how
and
we
put forward
statements
which
may
or
may
in its construction.
of his
the middle
that
Antwerp
'
that
of
second
which
Mr.
is
Morel, and
6th
of
ends,
nor
and
political,
the
is
odd
an
one
it were,
begins, as
in
he
June, 1898,
contribution
Canisius,
section
Burrows
evidence
upon
book
merely states in his first graph
paraI left
expirationof a year's leave
His
Commissioner.'
volume
The
sensational
more
...
the
on
story, for
much
present
sufficient.
Capt. Guy
the
at
in the
be
not
against the
case
Fox-Bourne
recently reviewed,
detailed and
strengthened by the more
which
true
lished
estab-
in any
think, that
us
but
to
it is
who
follows
Belgian writers
not
to
resume
at
is the author
Mr.
who
Foxhave
16
what
of the
by
point
this
last
part
Mr.
E.
Bourne,
"
D.
of
published accounts
be lightenedfor
may
The
book
Congolese administration.
Uie general public,and
especiallyfor those
of horrors, by the photographs, some
fond
the
as
is followed
the volume
clear
duties
my
of
them
of
who
which
are
have
Press Opinions on
the
Curse
**
all
already appeared elsewhere, though
confidence.
create
which
face
other, but
each
which
is not
clear.
touched, and
been
It is also
a
unhappy fact
an
good deal
account
on
for
strikes
ought
of
the
in the Burrows
statement,
most
horrors
in their
in the
case
that
having given
Belgians.
recent
it their
their own
speech
has
much
of the
a
State
Congo
bodies.
religious
To
or
are
some
their
on
men
side,
book,
to
been
of them
to
countenance
Those
Many
we
to
the
the
It
missionaries
proceedings of the King
Thomas
Bayley, M.P., in
the
like Mr.
who,
of
highest
owe
have
missionaries
of
Baptistgathering at Nottingham,
to a
plain duty
against the
said
the
consequences
other.'
of the
of
the most
trustworthy exposure
complete and
has
been
made.
which
of Congolese administration
is the
for
some
unpleasant
escape
indiscretion
of
form
againstthem
part of the
have
resorted
who
men
are
been
have
to
is unfortunate.
will set
opinion which
missionaries
repute
which
note
a
signs of having
bears
of
resultingfrom
portraitsof
of verification
purpose
the authors
that
that many
of the missionaries
Congo State ' with a desire to
the
some
photograph
therefore
to
Congo State, are two
of
is merely an
enlargement^
one
This
nature
a
of the
Sovereign
the
other,apparentlyinserted
the
of
not
are
first photographs, after the
The
and
Burrows
Capt.
Africa ""^wz/^.
Central
of
the conduct
will find their hands
censure
felt
of
weakened
by the
denomination,
What
by Capt. Burrows.
unjustand unfair charge here made
Mr.
In
be truly said is bad
Bayley, a
enough.
replyto
can
of
the
from
sent
headquarters
down, apparently
gentleman was
could
the Baptistmissions
in London, to state that the Baptists
not
but
be
gratefulto
the
King
Belgians,who
of the
had
reduced
their missionary property,
upon
confidence
Brussels
to express
and that the recent
deputationto
A
in the humanity of the King was
justified
by this reduction.
by fifty
per
more
cent,
the
taxation
have
terrible admission
we
volume
the
Canisius to
of Mr.
contribution
thoroughly deserving of
The
known.
never
is
evidently a serious observer, we note
that
the African, as a general
the inaccuracy of his statement
for
the
material
suitable
making of a good soldier.'
rule,is not
of
conduct
the scandalous
This is supported by a reference to
attention,and,
as
he
is
'
'
last
The
of the negro
regiments of the United States.'
had
We
unknown
to us.
allusion
always
is to circumstances
States
of the United
that the Government
heard and believed
its
black
itself
to
had
had
troops,
reason
congratulate
upon
some
both
in the
Civil War
and
in the recent
war
with
Spain.
recruited
with
doubtedly,
Un-
care,
regiments,
however, African
French
and
the
Senegalese
have produced admirable
results,
the
best
levies are
the
troops in the world, as are
among
the
note
is feeble, and
The
index
we
Egyptian Soudanese.
17
Press
Opinions
misprint of
Wa^/ters.
"
for
\Va;ners
the
of
Africa ""f"?"/^.
Central
well-known
Belgian
of
name
Athencewn.
"
Following
which
"Curse
the
on
'
Fox-Bourne's
Mr.
Civilisation in
its appearance,
this volume
make
readers
realise
will,to
English
noticed
we
if
Congoland,'
should
on
serve,
the appalling
anything
of things that prevailsin Central
Africa.
Captain Burrows
Mr.
was
formerly in the service of the Congo State, as was
whose
cannibals
the
are
Edgar Canisius,
experiences among
state
incorporatedwith
the
In addition
to
Captain'snarrative.
record, the imagination of the reader is assisted by
reproductions of photographs of barbarities that have taken
place. The result is a compilationof descriptiveand pictorial
the
verbal
horrors
that
from
a
those
who
would
person
all who
can
healthy-minded
no
of
for
to
turn
except
do
anything to
duty.
influence public opinion that duty exists,for the drivinghome
of the facts must
With
precede any hope of effective action.
the main
heads of the indictment
againstthe Congo Free State
sense
take
Its agents
But
interest in the
any
paid by
question
commission
are
already familiar.
and
ivory
their several
inconvenient
produced from
districts,and
no
questions are asked or effective restrictions laid down as to the
treatment
the most
to
serve
by which the natives are made
lucrative purpose.
in the
Agents guilty of misdemeanours
Congo are, as Captain Burrows
puts it,'liable to be prosecuted
Government
which
a
only by
indirectlyemploys them, and is
the result of which
likelyto benefit by their offences'
ingenious
for
be easilyimagined.
of
As
matter
provision
a
can
'justice'
fact the natives are
with
an
exploited
unscrupulous barbarity
known
happily without
parallel. The callousness with which
are
the
on
rubber
"
white
people regard their black fellow-creatures belongs more
less to every
has come
to the
nation, but Captain Burrows
or
conclusion
that
'
not
the worst
and
can
be accused
cold-blooded
misdeeds
comprehensive
during the past fifteen
veritable
"
a
Of
share
years
have
as
those
of the
Congo
which
State
a
charnel-house.'
the
in
Belgian officers who have so active and
these cruelties,
Captain Burrows
speaks
terms,
apart
from
their
'Arrogant,' 'ill-bred,'
'cowardly'
which
made
systematic,
of such
he
treatment
are
some
responsible
of
of
flattering
quiteun-
in
the
the
blacks.
epithets
the type ; and
they are represented as
in
infliction
of
the
taking delight
on
pain and humiliation
any
in their power,
If
this
one
including their own
countrymen.
be so, it makes
it necessary
take
with qualification
to
Captain
Burrovvs's frequentsuggestion that it is the system rather than
the
men
applies
that must
to
be held
responsiblefor
i8
the
Congo
atrocities ;
the
Opinions on
Press
of
"Curse
Africa"
Central
contd.
"
As to whether
ajiythingcan
Society,which we give elsewhere.
indicates
his own
Burrows
Captain
to improve matters,
be done
opinion with sufficient clearness. Belgium ought to be deprived
the
the
and
Congo partitionedamongst
of the government,
Powers
three
possessing adjoining territory,viz.,
principal
is easier
and
This, of course,
Germany.
England, France,
put
to
of
Conference
perform
to
1885
in
of the
creation
the
sanctioned
which
State
Congo
off
shake
cannot
but
practice;
the
Powers
the
at
Berlin
for
responsibility
their
has
happened. Failing action on their part, civilisation,
Africa
will continue to see Central
nothing of Christianity,
what
to
than
paper
on
say
'
'
gather rubber
Belgiansmay
ing
of
light,and as showprofit. As a partinggleam
at a fabulous
be done
we
official,
by a humane
that something can
may
commissioner
at
Basoko, Captain Burrows
mention
that, when
He declares
in suppressingthe floggingof vyomen.
succeeded
made
that
he has
women
were
that the
in order
shamble
a
evidence
to
that
prove
flogged every
his arrival half-a-dozen
before
day."
World,
Christian
"
'
Second
first edition is marked
Impression,'it may
volume
has been
toned
much-talked-of
this
that
be presumed
with libel actions,and
threatened
since the publisherwas
down
"
that
It does
expect.
attacks
fewer
rate, makes
The
impeachment
'first
volume,
impression'
have
we
as
than
we
it,at
led
were
of its value
lose
reason
of
methods
the
individuals
on
for that
not
of the
for
included
passages
prudentlycancelled.
been
any
an
of the
some
have
to
the
As
as
any
State administration.
Congo
some
respects, however, it is disappointing. Though
its principalauthor, about
as
name
appears
Capt. Burrows's
other
In
consists
half the volume
contributed
Mr.
by
J.
Mr.
G.
of
'
A
Cannibals,'
Campaign amongst
Edgar Canisius,and with
Leigh, the editor, admits
both writers'
that
he
positions
com-
has
taken
Burrows's
modify' Capt.
planned and completed,'and he leads us to
work
as
originally
written, or re-written,all Mr.
that he has
practically
suppose
supplying the lengthy introduction
Canisius's chapters, besides
this way
the literaryqualityof the
in
if
he signs. Even
which
He
great liberties.
has
'ventured
to
'
book
is
improved,its authority is
information.
have
should
Congo
which,
were
to
admit
Government,
as
servants
willing to
renew
weakened
as
of firsthand
record
a
writers
unfortunate, moreover,
service
under
several
the
after
years'
that,
that
It is
and
experience of
the
had
both
abominations
take
to
of the State, they
their occupations,and have
that their
disclosures
now
found
be
defects may
Whatever
confirmation
valuable
affords very
their
20
offers
have
in
the
of
charges
been
part, they
only made
rejected.
book, however,
that
in
have
it
re-
Opinions
Press
**
the
on
of
Curse
Africa """r^"/^.
Central
with specialemphasis,
peatedly,and within the past few months
been
Capt.
brought against King Leopold and his agents.
spent six
Burrows
Leigh,
Mr.
upon
the
pally
princi-
Congo,
Stanley Falls, where, according
fulfilled the
'he
parts of the
in various
years
regions near
in the
to
duties imposed
entire satisfaction of
repugnant
very
by his official positionsto the
it must
and
be set down
authorities,'
him
his credit that
to
he
done
whatever
littlehe could in lesseningthe
have
to
appears
The
evils that he could
not
Balubas, ' a docile and
prevent.
interesting
people,'with
whom
he
in
came
while
contact
he
was
Lokandu
station, far beyond
or
charge of the Riba-Riba
befriended
have
been
to
by him.
especially
Stanley Falls, seem
slaves
of Baluba
this time,'he tells us,
About
large numbers
in
'
'
commenced
These
arrive
to
had
people
carried
off
of the
quite
number,
a
whom
Those
during
other
their native
"
as
irksome.
been
the
labours
His
slave
run
station
stolen
I
!
away
inform
to
"
he
of
his
master
man.
Send
slave
the
had
is
but
away,
in his village. To
the fugitive
proved
to
By
over.
be
an
the
to
is then
unwritten
officials of
bring
runaway's owner,
indigenes,the
mosurs
to
Bula
and
law,
caused
the
post
the
by
manders
com-
does
sooner
no
has
slave
been
bring
of
interrogation
to
is
him
the
admits
he
that
result
So-and-So
a
the
top-speed from
soldiers
the
that
the
at
of
are
^Master, my
quick your
required for
run
sent, with instructions
A
his protector.
court
time
off
sets
"
white
hour
an
the
on
certainlyhave
disputes among
must
disputes,for
these
"
at
dances.'
Baluba
the
slave-owner, generally with
excited
the
the
slave-driver
State
to
the
cries.
Half
"
than
the post.
Lokandu
at
employed
were
Nearly all the
says :
Arabs
followers
of the
the
is devoted
that
dance
slave-stealing.]Much
mutual
back
stay,
and
exposure,
remained
'
He
and
natives
and
tions
planta-
By treating them kindly I gained
moonlight nights they would sing for
on
a
hunger
and
the
on
and
curing continued
in
and
songs
of
batch.
a
commandant,
stations and
proceed,
to
my
work.
confidence, and
their
me
of
rest
plantationsand
sick
succeeded
I
the
died
Many
too
the
captured by
slaves in the
as
State.
in
frequently300
post,
my
been
work
to
at
harbouring
latter, therefore, a soldier is
post both
the
held, and
the
claimant
if the
pretext
and
slave
is forthwith
man
under
the
of
is
handed
respecting
is rigorously upheld by
slave system
Matari.'
of his Belgian
Against two
brings charges that are especially
of one
and
in the case
they are supported by translation
grave,
of
he conducted
verbal
the inquirywhich
from
early
the/r^"r^ithe
in
in 1901.
The
culprit
allegationsare that, one instance,
associates
handed
Capt,
over
a
Burrows
native
who
was
21
obnoxious
to
him
to
other
Press
Opinions
the
on
natives,tellingthem
of Central
"Curse
to
him
eat
'
that, in
;
Airica.""contd.
instance,he
another
'
of a
with
blows
be
beaten
to
boys
bludgeon by the work-people till death ensued
; that,in other
he
caused
the
chief
of
and
dozen
instances,
a village
prisoners
a
taken
from
another
village to be killed,and gave the corpses
caused
of
one
his
'
'
to
rival chief
a
again,
this
several
and
prisoners from
two
the
in
women
slaves
as
the
to
before
Europe
nothing of
to
cases,
chiefs
to
neighbouring
villages as payment.'
testimony of one chief, six
'
'
for
I could
I liked.'
rubber
which
of
He
men
kill them, or use
Belgian,however, had gone
them,
eat
This
or
investigationtook place, and
either to
punishment being accorded
offenders
'
brought into
I
the
any
of the other
any
In other
two
over
payment
as
"
of his feasts.
one
various
station,tellingme
them
for
official handed
me,' according
gave
to
luxuries
as
whom
Capt.
hear
we
him
or
had
Burrows
to
complain.
"
'
Canisius's
Mr.
in
Campaign
amongst
chapters, dealing
experiences under Major Lothaire
story
two
years
of course,
all in his
some
are,
them
seven
ago.
a
painful
of his
Canisius
Mr.
of
recorded
here
atrocities
less terrible because
the
none
is
some
during the Budja revolt
cruelties and
The
with
it does
as
'
Cannibals
took
But somehow
it is difficult to attach
day'swork.
that
it
deserves
to the testimony of
perhaps
importance
callous an
men
authority. The cruel floggingof so many
all the
'
so
and
would
boys
but
I
and
page;
whole, by
no
of
atrocities
Mr.
by
weight.
in which
the
in
Leigh
too
Mr.
some
arrangements
is
view
told, and
of
rubber
our
is
'To
witness
to
a
had
the
be
of
bald
to
accompany
operationswhich
the
we
quite candid,
the
compelling
regime.' A
body
seven
peculiareffect
a
case-hardened,'
measure
disinclined
means
than
summary
a
another,
on
with
benefit
in
was
desired
I much
have
probably
on
to
to
one
the
on
be
accept
more
are
comer,
new-
column,
were
many
reports
a
read
I was,
the
Budjas
great
book
upon
for
ducted
con-
the
Congo
catalogued
of his
introduction, but this
pages
and
unauthenticated
be of much
to
Leigh is probably responsiblefor the chapters
is given of the history and
account
general
of the Congo
State, but in which
nothing new
there
told
are
On
inaccuracies.
one
grave
State has an
of
area
1,000,000
in
another
of 40,000,000
and
;
numerous
that the
Congo
population
square
State
the whole
the Congo
that
Basin, of which
Congo
about
some
800,000
two-thirds, comprises
occupies only
miles
estimated
from
and
at
a
variously
population
square
Abir
again, we
8,000,000 to 27,000,000.' Of the
Company,
it
far as
that
read in one
fair
is
to
that,
so
only
place
say
page
we
are
miles, and
a
'
'
the present writer is aware,
no
22
allegationsof ill-treatment of
Press
Opinions
the
on
the
natives have
ever
Societd Abir conducts
Abir
notorious
now
than
of
that
Societe
these
It is
Africa,""
conkl
districts where
the
in another
the
'
that
the
record
scarcely less scandalous
the
Company,' better known
as
a
extraordinarythat such
authors, to say nothing
dictions
self-contraof
the
publishers'
importance
They enormously
materials of value.
undoubtedly contains some
failure
the
stand
greatlyimpaired by
clearlyto underdetract
from
the
It
are
in
that
of this character, in which
work
in regard to
strict accuracy
detail
third essential."
Leader.
Moriiing
everything,
and
second,
had
the
from
and
operations,'
Mongalla
escape
of the book.
But
its
Anversoise.
readers.
of Central
emanated
has
the
could
"Curse
is
credibility
a
is
the
first,
"
"'ipray,' said Prince
new
Congo Free State,
Bismarck, in 1885, speaking of the
'
for its prosperous
development
and
for the fulfilment of the noble aspirations of its illustrious
It was
founder.'
with a burst of missionary enthusiasm
that
the
Powers
handed
King
represented
over
million
a
of the
and
navigation,'
of the native
carried
in
'
a
the
put
to
?
out
clearness
further
to
But
book
'the
moral
question
question
which
appears
with
Captain Guy Burrows,
of
care
1885
Leopold,
Belgian
into
the
the slave trade ;
suppress
the advantages of free
to
and
has
'
:
the
the
to
in
nations
all
populations.' Europe
affairs
own
to
assure
Conference
objectof the new
light of civilisation
Africa,and
'
to
Berlin
the
carry
placesof Central
it undertook
of
to
was
the
at
miles
square
The
ostensible
Belgians.
administration
dark
I pray
material
been
How
busy with its
too
has
this
is answered
well-being
been
trust
with
alarming
to-day, chieflyfrom
the pen
Canisius.
chapter by ]\Ir.Edgar
The
a vehement, uncompromising
of the whole
of
indictment
administration
by which the
system
It confirms, with
State is governed.
definite
a
Congo Free
of
and
the
which
have
facts,names,
dates,
rumours
array
the
few
last
to
but
come
England
continually
during
years,
have
which
not
unnaturally been regarded as extravagant and
'
Africa
of Central
Curse
a
'
is
incredible.
"
positionsunder
R.
A.
the
is now
Everett
Congo
Congo,
the
country.
statements
Intendant
the Free
he
what
treatment
At
were
a
dinner
set
for six years in important
His book, which
Mr.
served
Free
State.
publishing,is
writing,purporting to
and
has
Burrows
Captain Guy
a
his
down
plain,vigorous piece of
own
experiences in the
of the
actually saw
of natives, and
the
given recently
confirmed
by
Mr.
to
Edgar
methods
'
of ment,
govern'
opening-up of the
Captain Burrows, his
Canisius
who
have
both lived for
Hoffmann,
Mr.
and
State,
John G, Leigh, who
by
23
many
has
and
Sousyears
also
in
had
Opinions
Press
on
acquaintance
some
stories
have
that
so
of Central
"Curse
the
with
the
from
time
that have
additional
and
more
Belgium, this
scandals
no
time
to
contd.
"
recall
we
made
stir
a
the
in
even
definite information
State
the
before, and
England
Free
The
doubt.
for
room
When
country.
reached
often
Africa"
leaves
directly
Government,
be
regarded as a
responsibleto King Leopold alone, must
is virtuallya
what
owning
stupendous trading company,
of life and
death
over
monopoly, and armed with the power
of a
is
carried
The
its employees.
on
by means
government
recruited
La
Force
by
Publique an
military force
army
of
This army
is
compulsion, and serving a long term
years.
of
which
inhabitants
the
the
fed
surrounding
mainly
by supplies
neighbourhood are compelled to bring in. The stapleproducts
of the country are
india-rubber
and ivory; and it is the duty of
"
"
officials to
the Government
suppliesthat
can
be
from
extort
obtained.
native
A
quantity of
certain
natives
the
the
largest
chief is informed
within
rubber
that
given
the
if
payment)
;
may
and
is
arrive
rubber
does
not
a punitiveexpedition
undertaken,
be burnt, the men
taken
a villagemay
killed,and the women
of
In the days
the work
of slaves.
to do
Tippoo Tib
away
he must
send in
time
(there may
a
be
not
or
a
nominal
a
'
and
the
natives
that
say
scale
as
dominion,'
Arab
killed or carried off into
chief ever
managed
were
slavery ; but
no
of the
officials of the
on
State.'
Free
of
thousands
I venture
business
the
Arab
some
'
Captain Burrows,
says
so
The
to
vast
a
ment
employ-
and that under
labour,slavery in all but name,
the most
degrading circumstances, is part of the system of the
book
reproduces photographs
Captain Burrows's
country.
of
the
chiefs
in
native
act
being tortured,and Belgian
showing
of forced
looking on approvingly. A certain proportion ot the
the natives is part of a District
rubber and ivoryexacted from
income.
Commissioner's
Considering that the very duties of
of cruelty,and
involve
the perpetrationof acts
that
the men
with
which
familiarised
deeds
are
they are daily
unspeakable
officers
'
and
indescribable,it will
which
the system
'
whose
deserving
conditions
very
what
commit
is
must
disregarded
Executive
at
acquittedof
at
Boma,
of
censure.'
service
of
be
life
and
ofifences against
and
agreed that it is
be
morally
include
called
property
the
Government
in
participation
a
system
The
but
man
State
is
one
the incitation to
crime.'
Notorious
winked
are
headquarters.
a
the
not
by officials,
at
whole
The
State, the
in Brussels, cannot
be
which
is rapidlyorganising
corruptionand degrading the natives,and
stultified the
magnificent promises of King
has
long since
Leopold and
Bismark.
"
This is the
account
which
Captain
24
Burrows
gives from
hi"
Press
Opinions
**
the
on
Mrizsi" "contd.
of Central
Curse
And
must
gratulate
conwe
personal experience of the Congo.
others
him on coming forward
to say what
including,
from
shrunk
we
fear, the Baptist Missionary Society have
accusation
from
the
is
free
Burrows
entirely
saying. Captain
of sensation-mongering. His
book
is a cold, clear exposition
own
"
"
of hard
so
facts.
It reveals
without
any appeal to emotion.
have
been
would
which
a
combined
action
scandal.
should
be
what
made
is
Englishmen
of
the
else
Congo
going
Belgians
the
in
on
was
immediately, the
done
be
can
; the
known
of
the Government
see
the
nothing
If
state
a
neighbouring
given in trust by the
Powers, directlyresponsiblefor that
We
Republican Rome.
civilised Power, to which
be
must
name
enlightened, because
hand
the Congo
over
to
is,everything
has
done
been
to
made
to
publicationof
to
;
The
facts.
the medium
conceal
Captain
stand
under-
they,with the other
King Leopold. As
the
Belgian Press has been gagged, and, through
to secure
English Courts, attempts have been made
against the
facts
Sovereign
their
of
be
must
Powers, agreed
it
it does
of affairs ; and
of ment
We
a system
see
governin the worst
scandal
days of
terrible
a
Burrows's
of
tion
injunc-
an
It is
book.
criticise the direct
surely curious that,whilst we are at libertyto
representativesof the King in England, a foreign Government,
to hide its own
shame, should be able to threaten the freedom
of the English Press.
Yet
must
not
we
only insist it is an
important point on the right to ventilate such questions as
this,but also point out that, as long as the present Government
in the
of securing reform
in power,
it is the only way
remains
After all,it is the Belgians who
Congo.
are, in the first place,
which
for
enormities
are
being committed
by
responsible
"
"
citizens.
Belgian
Belgium is
such
at
do
We
a
moral
the
that, if it were
ebb
low
believe
not
fullyaware
of
sense
of the
reallytolerate their continuance.
Congo,
of England remains
was
the responsibility
But meantime
: she
in
her
interests
of the Conference
of Berlin ;
member
trading
a
it would
of the
horrors
West
Africa
trade
to
are
all countries
in the
Macedonia
And
other
case
dilTerence
name
the
are
has
a
been
not
victims
condition
kept.
are
even
The
worse
of free
rights of
atrocities
than
mitted
com-
those
in
is greater.
barbarians, and in the
of England
responsibility
the
in
Christians
one
case
are
no
Europeans, the facts make
But
of faith,but of humanity.
to
be
should
the
not
only
Belgium
and
question,not
public opinion in
to
the
of civilisation
; whilst
though
influence
stake ; and
at
formulate
Our
Government
should
own
questionson
remedy.
Conference
of
the subject. Captain Burrows
suggests another
which
the
divide
between
should
Congo country
Berlin,
up
VVe
and
scarcely think this is
France,
England.
Germany,
25
Press
Opinions
"Curse
the
on
practicalpolitics.We
have
results from
of
the Berlin
prove
Concert
a
Conference
to
vote
harder
to
revealed
slavery
accepted as a permanent
is perhaps idle to
hope
whose
interest
Ministry
and
much
Europe,
horror
much
not
of Central
get
and
Africa''"
reason
though
to
it
contd.
expect great
was
for
easy
the Congo country, it would
away
it back
again. But the reign of
be
cannot
by Captain Burrows
shame
to
European civilisation. It
for
actio from
the
present
Ministry' a
"
labour, black or white, is sufficiently
scandal
indicated by their attitude in regard to the Bethesda
in
"
but
some
Captain
Burrows's
channel."
"
Dm7y
record
cannot
News.
26
fail to effect reform
through
"We
Press
Opinions
know
of
work, old
no
It is
so
thoroughly.
purpose
but no
to the sportsman,
an
A
point
volume
crammed
"
anecdote.
"
Mr.
the
"
to
loves the Broads
find interest
to
information
accurate
be
contains
book
got
a
on
every
and
page.
delightful
great deal of information
and
the waterways
among
Eastern
Counties, which
Broads.
In this very attractive part of East
and
four thousand
miles of waterway
hundred
from
merely
Times.
Everitt's
sport
with
contd.
"
which
fulfils its own
new,
book
which
appeals primarily
a
fail
can
Sport"
or
who
one
of view
artistic
Broadland
"
on
generally spoken
are
lagoons of
of
the
as
the
Norfolk
about
Anglia
on
two
of
lagoons
are
or
yachtsman.
Wherries, with
open
comfortable, and racing yachts, with uncomfortable, accommodation
be
and
hired
other
at Norwich,
Wroxham,
places,
may
The
and
the
reasonable
at the most
charges.
shooting
fishing
inland
the
on
Broads
for the most
are
part open
it was,
what
acres
the
to
waters
to
catches
If the
everyone.
of perch,
wildfowling is not
bream,
great
in
the
be
made.
of
still
Mr.
Portions
winter, pike may
and,
have
Everitt's book
ah-eady appeared in the Field Sind similar
that they are
and
of order
now
put together, want
newspapers,
and
In some
some
repetitionrather spoilthe book as a whole.
five-and-twentychapters he discourses on pike and eel fishing;
yachts and yacht racing from 1800 to 1900 ; shore shooting and
of decoys and
duck
shooting. Other
punt gunning ; the use
of
the Broads, or
districts
describe
chapters deal with various
There
book
the
that
is
in
deal
a
particular expeditions.
great
who
is planing an
is useful and
interestingto anyone
excursion,
and
author
and
the
writes
on
coarse
fishing
wildfowling the
with knowledge
gained by experience. But the reader must
of any literarymerit.
The
not
styleis inclined
expect a book
the
the
of the
alternate
between
and
facetious
to
high-flown
If scientific names
local guide-book.
used, they should be
are
tit is not
used
correctly,and we may point out that the bearded
naturalists
is the
called
now
Calamophihis biannicus, nor
by
of the dabchick
Latin name
Some
Menjus minor.
persons
may
think
also
that
there
the
liberal
potations from
spectator.
"
but
'
Broadland
not
more
Sport
so
than
too
are
'
beer-jarand
is
a
many
a
score
references
the
to
whisky
and
very readable
of others which
frequent and
bottle."
"
The
book,
interesting
we
have
had
the
months.
Good
pleasure of receiving during the last twelve
in
be
had
Broadland
shooting of all kinds is stillto
; and whereand
the
be hired,no
the
is
is
to
ever
shooting
preserved
game
one
on
the
lookout
for
some
good
28
mixed
ground
could
do
Opinions on
Press
better than
and
on
inquiries
make
Southwold.
will
supply
Broadland
"
and
ought
the
as
may
But
stillbe
price.
as
while
to be,
they
really good shoot
wild
and
game
used
had.
be
The
marshes
of
be
to
pike and
banks
snipe,and the gorse-coveredsandSuch
with
rabbits.
a
sporting
peopled
if
like
in
to pay
Broadland,
picked up
you
yield abundance
Paradise
beds
plenty of
the adjoiningstubbles,
partridge shooting in
pheasants, hares, and woodcock, while on
best
of the
turnips,and heather, some
the
is
of
old-fashioned
England,
kind, to
should
Yarmouth
reed
the
fowl,besides first-rate
the osier beds will hold
and
woods
perch-fishing
; the
between
Coast
themselves
of wild
number
any
the East
Broads
The
Sport ""r"7"/^.
iowl
demand
the
nearly so plentiful
not
are
is much
for them
greater,
highly-favoured region has now
become
is still,
an
however, a considerable
expensive luxury. There
be
of fairlygood open
extent
to
shooting
got, though
deteriorated.
it
have
for
famous
now
sadly
once
places
many
a
The
fate of Oulton
days
gone
by there
fish and
considered
sole
the
'
more
in the
"
In
quaint little
of
means
:
livelihood
and
railwaycame
before
of,and a Cockney would have
in the
then thought fit to appear
and
costume
general rig-outwhich
heard
were
daft had
regionsof Broadland
before
was
several
for
inhabitants
gained their
That
fowl.
stand
may
several
were
drainage mills
steam
been
this
Broad
villagewho
waterway
from
in
he
in the
longer strange to the quietdwellers in this out-of-thethe
first great
of Old
corner
Drainage was
England.
way
loader,
and
blow to sport, steam
railways the next, then the breechall
and
finallythe invading host of would-be
sportsmen,
have
kill something. Year
to
by year the water-birds
eager
and
diminished
in number,
by degrees they desert the more
of the
frequented rivers,streams, and broads until on many
more
publicwaterways there is hardly an edible wild water-bird
is
per
We
now
no
hundred
acres.
do
not
suppose
Suffolk which has
has
Oulton
there is
a
suffered
in this respect.
in Norfolk
most
publicshooting
water
pictures
illustrated papers
the London
entitled, Wildfowling on
the
artist
Oulton
wherein
sittingon
depicts a shooter
Broad,"
of a punt, in the reeds, with his waterman
the bottom
holding
the
Overhead
retriever
collar.
are
an
flying
by
anxious-looking
or
been
Often
harassed.
so
streams
are
seen
"
in
of mallard
anticipatesthat
at
and
least
wild-duck, and
a
will
score
the
grace
envious
the
looker-on
bag before the
What
a
snare
myth
and
delusion 1 Years
by such a picture would not have
gone
but
been
now
an
things are sadly altered,and
exaggeration,
killed one
if the shooter
couple of mallard during the month
fortunate.'
Oulton
of August on
Broad, he would be considered
of the most
be one
Horning Ferry, on the river Bure, must
shooter
returns
to
breakfast.
What
29
a
!
Press
Opinions
Broadland
"
on
charming
spots in Broadland,
perch
the
or
duck
though
at
time
one
to
shoot
might
Horning
the
river,and
Pheasants
and
such
"
'
We
from
70
luxurious
in his
millionaire
wash-tub
work
'
yachting
such
apart.
These
on
During
special
a
chapters,
historyof yachting
a
hundred
last
in which
all
of
As
years.
yacht
steam
is
; there
by
water.
'
the
of
summary
to
1 800
Ferry,
1850
indulge,
can
the
to
snipe
gutter-
for
Bought by
this veteran
remembered
in
Sir
1894
in
boats
1850
1834,
Jacob
he
she
1885
the
was
made
had
in
a
Preston
by will
order
and
in
material
of
the
an
old
be
1837,
as
a
brief.
Oar
From
pleasure
that
to
place
built
successful
it is rumoured
provision sufficient
up-keep for all time.
a
near
craft.
in Broadland
to
up
artist
improvements
But
the Maria^
record
The
boats.
took
comfort.
notable
the
old
wintering
needs
historymust
and
jollifications
as
the home
1870 marked
to
the
Augusta^ built about
all her
was
4,000
old
over
that
out
more
little development
left
good
points
retained
have
who
was
comprising
of
sailingcapabilities
to
appearance,
of oak
in
there
from
speed,
be
Everitt's
of Mr.
craft,but
author
all Broadland
1755, and she is said
1867, while as late as
Buckenham
of waterway,
Our
to
were
reason
patriarch of
miles
200
are
open
frolics
water
death
the
Standard.
form
reallycontain
pages,
during
yachting is a sport
says,
of
heart
them
district
of
lovers
Everitt's
chapters on
notice
the
for
The
"
Present'
the
to
are
Nicholas
Mr.
'
there
acres
in
are
should.
he
peculiarto Broadland,
not
notice."
our
the
a
room
plenty
everybody
being obliged to rub shoulders with everybody.' Room
be for many
must
a
long day, seeing that in Broadland
proper
than
glad
are
we
about
in
there
'During
and
Broadland
without
they
one
as
practically
on
yachting
chapters
The
full of interest
already reviewed
Sport,'but the two
that
the
great expense,
have
Everitt
Mr.
why
in
the
to
from
and
as
them
a
in
soil of the
the
reason
will be
of
sight of
any
chickens.
is still
Woe
mercy
include
Past'
the
a
as
river
always
are
no
nor
at
with
seems
the
heart
bank.
claims
owner
meet
is there
not
occupying
'
reared
the
the
Bure, from
pheasant within
a
will
keepers
on
raparian
But
Broadland
feature
over
The
amusements.
the
in
knocks
I
alders
or
'poacher'
are
need
we
reeds
privateproperty
otter
on
hunting
much
idea
being on
anyone
delusion
which
a
it,
district, and
Magistrates ;
of
Bench
with
strictlypreserved,
very
An
boat.
a
The
river
England.
Broad, runs
through the
the
hiaing among
unlucky wight who
sentinels
from
got
of
highly-preserved game
of these
in love
are
shooting is
crossing
parts
many
Wroxham
to
we
contd.
"
prevailed that
anything
in
cherished
be
may
have
whether
The
picturesque.
Sport"
of
racer.
at
his
preserve
Press
"
Opinionson
lateeners
The
Broadland
"
the
long
were
*^"
Sport
fd.
con
racing craft of Broad-
fastest
'
Ter
Waterwitch.
successful being
of the most
land, one
the daay
lornched
Worterwitch^^ said an old shipwright, wor
Mussel
Pointer fought the Black
on
'Eath,'whereby the date
The
here.
is a slighterror
There
fixed as
1818.
fight,
was
between
1 2th
Cox, blacksmith, and Camplin,
May, 18 18, was
the
'
a
of
model
a
in
fashionable
more
a
racing boat
is described
tail.'
Everitt
mackerel
concerning
but
fifties,
the
Mr.
1840
'
as
gives
amount
vast
a
head
cod's
a
1869 the ideal
to
craft,for in his index
notable
many
from
became
Cutters
Camplin.
seconded
Pointer
Ned
and
weaver,
the
bow
with
of
detail
of
names
no
the
to
Zingara,
given, from
171 yachts are
built
Mr.
allusion
miss
to
Suckling'sMarmioii^
we
upon
any
considered
in 1828, and
his estate
at Woodton
a
very beautiful
the Ada
less than
but
yacht in
local
the
Perhaps, however, she
time.
her
waterways.
in
founded
April, 1859,
obtained
Royal
February, 1867. With
this club, yacht racing,not feasting,became
regattas, and
various
the
first
The
into disuse.
29th June, 1867, from
that
had
yacht
Harwich
to
The
vogue
Dinghy
Club'
Yacht
Yarmouth
Club'
the club
of
Lowestoft
but,
;
and
here
in
the
'Waveney
good
'
Great
'Broads
in
In this last the chief prize-winneris the Uiiif^
year.
W.
S. Parker, of Oulton, long a
and
built by Mr.
same
this
is still ' Cock
chapters
are
fist of the
on
more
Meantime
we
soX^y"
In the
very
Broad.
and
illustrations,
numerous
shape, size,build, and
that
W^e
well
might
note
is exhausted, and
Oulton
important annual fixtures
remarks
craze,'regretfully
to these
even
peacefuland
with.'
section
at
with
embellished
daily met
yachting
'
of the Walk
The
motor
useful.
found
its
now
way
of all
and launches
to be
a day, yet
craft,which
These
yachting
Harbour, working twelve
week-days alone, to construct
'
"
a
Sailing Club'
making time,
been
are
told
Yachting
brings his
1883, the
hours
are
not
that the
learn
we
founded
was
Everitt
Mr.
1900,'
to
and
'Yachts
on
designed
dredger in Lowestoft
a
we
is
coast
off
came
in 1876, has
into
wherries
came
pleasure
1895, and
in
water
Anglian
Sailing Club, formed
Yare
1880
during the Present"
subjectvirtually
up to date,
objectof
frolic,'
rapidlydied
the main
East
the
of
establishment
the
race
and
career,
very prosperous
In the chapter
about
1880.
a
the
term,
ocean
reasons
yachting.
for
one
several
for
the
'
the
and
patronage
i6th
prefixRoyal
kept upon
Club,
Yacht
Suffolk
and
Norfolk
The
not
was
the
portionof
a
Eastern
preface
to
Day
'
are
be
issued
the second
very
'
author, has
secluded
haunts,
to
in
of
found
the
method
inclined
first edition
will be
a
of
propulsion
suggest that this
separate form.
Mr.
Everitt's book
impressionhas already
Press.
Broadland
31
Sport,'Mr.
Nicholas
Everitt
Press
Opinions
disclaims
modestly
it
book, though
is increased
"
on
Broadland
title of artist-author
the
certainlysmacks
rather
Sport''" con^d.
more
diminished
than
by
of its author, for this very
than
record
true
a
any
the
:
value
of
his
actualitythan of art,
the occasional
ishness
amateurof
amateurishness
it far
stamps
polishingor elaborate phrasemaking could have done.
Something of the guide-book,something
of
of the
the
would-be
sportsman's diary, something
sportsman's handbook, it forms a complete,lucid,and welcome
exponent of the sports and pastimes practised on or around
more
as
of
lagoons, waterways, and marshes
time is replete with hints that will
The
lands.
two
chapters devoted
the
same
all
feature
of the
East
of
during
yacht club, the supporters
every
concerning the
matter
evidently as
was
keen
her
upon
the
in Iceland'"
Sports
Broadland
he
Undealt
on
Snakes
sports undealt
BY
O
A
series of Comic
of
Sport, conducted
a
in
in Iceland"'
page
in this
manner
There
'Concerning
Book'"
'There
Troll's
are
no
Broadare
no
in this book.'"
SAME
AUTHOR.
SHORTLY.
WORDS
Caricature Sketches,
a
portance
im-
as
parodied Van
have
WITHOUT
and
of
the
of
headed
with
THE
boat
of every
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