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"You cannot remain unmoved by
the gentleness and conformation of a well-bred and well-trained
horse - more
than a thousand pounds of big-boned, well-muscled animal, slick of coat and
sweet of
smell, obedient and mannerly, and yet forever a menace with its
innocent power and ineradicable
inclination to seek refuge in flight, and
always a burden with its need to be fed, wormed, and shod,
with its liability
to cuts and infections. But when it greets you with a nicker, nuzzles
your chest,
and regards you with a large and liquid eye, the question of where
you want to be and what you want
to do has been answered."
Albert Borgman |
