Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-03-30

beast. God in his wisdom and good
ness, after an experiment and a failure
of one race upon the earth, sent them
out again, different race Of all animate
creation, to fill the earth, and yet
to be kept entirely separate from each
other, and giving to each q law Of
instinct or reason to govern them in
their habits and their propensities; and
when these laws are Obeyed, blessing
and posperity attends; but when disre-
garded, the consequence is a blighting
curse. Our object should be to study
this great law of our physical being and
also in the brute creation, and to labor
for the improvement of the different
races, not the formation of new ones
Such will be our purpose in the future
articles we may write on this subject.
It is not our design to enlarge upon
these topics in this very brief outline Of
history, but in their appropriate chap
ters they will be more fully presented
It is with the horse as we find him in
America that we have to do, not the
general history of his race, pedigrees,
and performances, but the history Of his
diseases, their causes and cures, and Ta-
tionaI and generous rules for his treat
ment and general improvement.
One striking popularity Of the wild
horse of the plains, and one that inter
est US more than any other, is that al
ready limited at above, his almost entire
freedom from disease. Could we learn
the cause of this exemption, we might
do well to initiate the example of these
dumb instructors and nothing in the
history of the horse could be of more in
terest or benefit them to learn this fact.
We discover two causes of disease among
the horses of civilized life the diet, the
food of the stables and abuse he receiv-
es from his master-man. The wild
horses are free from both, and, with the
exception of death from the boTer-fy, or
from accident, they nearly all die with
old age; and some of them live to a
great age. They take exercise, as nature
requires, and are governed by its in
stincts. Their food is wild grass of the
prairies, and their drink is from the
clear water brook. They visit often the
salt Iicks, with which the country every
where abOunds and their simple life is
one Of almost entire freedom from dis
ease, and in which their natural capac-
tiles are developed in their gratest per-
lection and strength. We could recon-
mend no better Veterinary course of study
than trip to the plains, and acquaint-
ance with the manners and habits Of the
wild horse, and their beautiful symme-
try Of form and movements, the last ol
which has been compared by one wash
ingtOn Irving) who has given descrip-
ton Of them, to excel the best trained
cavalry in the world The student would
come back with his mind thoroughly
disguised with the vile practices of the
stables and farm-the homes of the horsel
among civilized man. Certain leading
principles, already indicated, will be
constantly kept in view in the prepara-
ton of our articles. An epitome of these
will probably prove Of material assist
ance to many readers, and as it will oc-
cupy but little space, is here introduced
The horse is naturally wild animal,
his condition of domestioation being
really one of slavery. -'.'
His wild or native state is that in which
he is the most free and happy, and that
in which he lives thelongest and attains
the most perfect development of his nat
tural powers.
Like the human family the species
was originally divided into distinct rae
es, which races providence desinged
should be kept separate forever:
D. MARTIN.