THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.

Cloth, Royal 32 mo, 1/6 each.

1. THE FLAMP, THE AMELIORATOR, AND THE SCHOOLBOY’S APPRENTICE. By E. V. Lucas. (Seventh Thousand.)

2. MRS. TURNER’S CAUTIONARY STORIES. (Fifth Thousand.)

3. THE BAD FAMILY. By Mrs. Fenwick. (Third Thousand.)

4. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Illustrated in Colours by Helen Bannerman. (Twenty-seventh Thousand.)

5. THE BOUNTIFUL LADY. By Thomas Cobb. (Fourth Thousand.)

6. A CAT BOOK. Portraits by H. Officer Smith. Characteristics by E. V. Lucas. (Eighth Thousand.)

7. A FLOWER BOOK. Illustrated in Colours by Nellie Benson. Story by Eden Coybee. (Eighth Thousand.)

8. THE PINK KNIGHT. By J. R. Monsell. Illustrated in Colours.

9. THE LITTLE CLOWN. By Thomas Cobb.

10. A HORSE BOOK. By Mary Tourtel. Illustrated in Colours.

11. THE DUMPY BABE. By Henry Mayer. Illustrated in Colours.

London: GRANT RICHARDS, 9 Henrietta Street, W.C.

A Horse Book

BY MARY TOURTEL

LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS 1901

CONTENTS.

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AT PLAY.

Three little foals you see at play. They romp and sport all through the day, But sometimes they are most sedate And try to ape their mothers’ gait.

They wheel and race and leap and prance, And sometimes they are said to dance: But always they will stand and stare At anyone who passes there.

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SCHOOLING.

The horse, like us, must go to school To learn by precept and by rule. Like us, he does not love the work, Like us, he’s not allowed to shirk.

This little instrument you see Strapped on his back, shaped like a V, Is a “Dumb Jockey” meant to train The horse to bear the bit and rein.

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CLEVERNESS.

Billy, the circus pony, can Distinguish letters like a man: He’ll hold up for you in the ring His D for Dunce and K for King.

With P for Pony he will show That he his family name doth know; And he will find the C for clown And at his feet will put it down.

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WILLINGNESS.

Although this horse is doing all he can to drag his heavy load up the hill, the lazy boy who is walking beside him, with one hand in his pocket, beats him cruelly with the stick which he carries. The boy is too silly or too careless to see how willingly the horse is working.

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WILFULNESS.

A horse’s great red-letter days Are days of hunting, when his ways Are often very wilful. Here See this John Gilpin in great fear.

He came out just to see the Meet, But the horse thought he would compete With horses, hounds and fox for place, And led the man this madcap race.

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INTELLIGENCE.

On the prairies in the Far West of America a man lost his way. He had no water to drink, although both he and his horse were parched with thirst. Not knowing where to find water, he cast the reins on the neck of his horse. By means of that wonderful intelligence which some people wrongly call instinct, the horse found his way to a spring, although it was many miles distant. Thus both man and horse were able to quench their thirst, and in this way their lives were saved.

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KICKING.

These two are very much dismayed To see the fuss their horse has made Because this dog in playful mood Barked in a manner rather rude.

It is a thing some horses do Until the driver makes them rue Their fits of temper. Then they say That kicking doesn’t seem to pay.

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