Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-03-23

called the Sister Science.
ButaS 7 said our Government has done
nothing to encourage these Institutions,
but seems to be content with employing
in our Armies incompetent, uncducated,
would he Horse Doctors who do not have
the least idea Of the profession; and
should through the rcckIessness of my
pen happen to write something that does
not just exactly meet the appreciation of
this class, or is ] am careless kind Of a
fellow if should happen to get on any Of
their toes they can -ay ouch
But We have another class of men,
good men, scIlmadc men, who have
spent their lives in hard study and prac-
ticc These men are doing good in our
Country and should receive the patron
age of the people But of this last class
we have not enough. there is not one,
where there ought To be ten. Hence the
necessity Of more Veterinary Schools.
, But there remains two parties yet to
he spoken of, and the two most opposite
in character, one and by far the larger
portion Of society, view the subject Of
which We pretend TO treat simply a.
working machine, and regard all those
who speak Of the horse as endowed with
intelligence or possessed Of Scnsihility as
fancffuI sentimentalists checked by no
limit to assertion. The other class,
small, but highly educated and an iniu-
ential portion of the public, see the
matter in a very different light. In their
ideas the equine race is not entirely
without reason, but possessed Of the
: keenest feelings and capable Of the tend
/ crest emotions. The last party, however,
expect so little from living writers that
probably they will be pleased with Opin-
/ ions which they may hail as All advance
toward the truth. The first order of
readers, however, We cannot think to
propitiate; before the opening article is
perused, one Of these gentlemen will
Z probably fling the paper aside with a
sneer, and pxcIaim-why, what would
this fellow have? Does he desire we
should build hospitals for horses? To
[ the uninfOTmed mind such question will
suggest Il prcposterous image. But, when
calmly considered, a hospital is pcrcciv-
ed to bc nothing more than place
where disease in the aggregate is cheap
ly treated. \ hospital for horses, sane
toned by government, and honored
with the highest patronage, does even
now exist in the Royal Veterinary Col
Iege of Camden Town.
Without persuing this part Of my sub
iect any further at present, we will go
back about $500 years and enquire when
this animal was first domesticated and
by whom.
At the head Of those animals which
have been domcsticated- by, or rendered
useful to man, whether we regard his
noble form, his great sagacity, OF the
manner in which he is connected with
our profit and our pleasure stands the
Horse. Into this and the various breeds,
Of horses, weshall enter at some length;
and although the more practical diyis-
ion Of my subject will be thereby neces-
sarily length of time, we shall not forget
the name Of the Library to which it be-
longs, hut cndeavour to blend the useful
with the entertaining.
The native country Of the horse can
not with certainty be traced.
He has been found, varying material
! ~ in size, in form, and in utility, i'll all
The temperate, IN most of the sultry, and
in many Of the northern regions of the
Old World.
In the sacred volumes, which, besides
its higher claims stand at the head of
Farmers Library, is contained the oldest
authentic record Of past transactions, we
arc told that, 50 early as 1850 years Tc-
fore the birth Of Christ, the horse had
been domesticaied by the Egyptians.-
When Joseph carried his fathers re-
mains from Egypt to Canaan, there |
went mp with him both Chariots and
5orsemeR, one hundred and fifty years
afterwards. The horse constituted tile
principal strength of the Egyptian
Army. pharaoh pursued the Israelites
with six hundred chosen Chariots and3
with all the Chariots Of Egypt. Exod
is.
If weeould believe Che accounts Of the
uninspiIed Historian Sesotris, the mon
arch probably whom Joseph served had
twemty-Scven thousand chariots Of war,
and Scmiramis, the founder of Babylon,
had one hundred thousand chariotS and .
a million Of horscmcn, but this was
probably a great cXageration.
Fifty years after the expulsion of the
IsraeIites from Egypt, and 1850 years
before the birth of Christ, the horse was
so far nuturaIizcd in Greece that the
Olympic games were instituted, incIud-
ing chariot and horse racing. We have,
therefore, sufficient evidence that the
horse was, at 4 very early period, sub
ject to the dominion of man, and, unfort-
matcly, for the worst of purposes, bust
ness of war.
From the records Of the old Testament
we arc likewise enabled 10 ascertain
the precise period Of time, when i'll
Egypt and Canaan, and the ncighbor-
ing countries, this animal began to be
domcsticatcd. 1920 years before the
birth of Christ, when Abraham, having
left Haran, in obedience TO the divine
command, was driven into Egypt by the
famine which ragged in Canaan. Gen.
II: 16.-Pharaoh offered him Sheep, Ok
en-, Asses and CamoIS. Horses would
doubtless have been added, had they
then existed or had they been subIucd
III Egypt.
When, fifty years afterwards, Nhra-
ham iourucyed to Mount Noriah, to Of
fer up his only son, hc rode upon an ass,
which, with all his wealth and power,
he would scarcely have done had horses
been known. Gen l.: -.
Thirty years later, when Jacob return
ed to Isaac with Rachel and Leah an ac-
count is given Of the number Of Oxen
Sheep, Camcl~, Goats and Nssr-, which
he sent TO appcasc the anger of E~au,
but not one horse is mentioned. Gen.
g.: H.
Il isuor until twcuty-rour years after
this, when the famine devastated Ca
uaau. and jacob WAS sent into Egypt To
bny Corn. that horses are first heard Of .