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Show Tn rnra tilling llnrara. Horses often hnvo what Is called tho vice ot shying, that Is, of starting sur-denly sur-denly at tho rustto of a leaf or a piece of paper, or at tho approach of any object to which they nro not accustomed accus-tomed Clearly this la the remnant ot an Instinct Inherited from their wild progenitors In the steppes or prairies, where the sudden rustling of n leaf might Indlcato the protum-o of a wolf and whero everything that was strango was, therefore suspicious It Is Idlo as well as cruel to beat a horse for shying That only Increase his alarm and may cosily reduce him to a state ot terror In which he loses his bead entirely. Horses In that stato seem to lose not only their heads, but their perceptive senses nnd a horse In that condition may dash headlong against a stone wnll 'the habit ot shying, when onco formed, Is difficult to oure hut It may almost always Iw prevented pre-vented by such consistent kindness ol treatment as to overpower the In-herlted In-herlted Instinct of Instant flight from possible danger In whl.li tho habit originate Our Animal Friends. |