The Horse's Come-back.

New Zealand is not the only country in which the return of the horse for farm work, and to some extent for general purposes, including pleasure, has been noted with pleasure by horselovers. In the United States the number of horses, especially for riding, has increased greatly during the last few years, in spite of the huge motor car traffic and the increase in roads which horses cannot use. There is a companionship value in a horse. An eminent American, moreover, wrote recently that children who are brought up in the saddle develop an unusual degree of self-confidence, courage and selfcontrol. This is as true of New Zealand as of America. We cannot go back to the horse altogether, but those of us who were reared to the saddle, in the healthy old country way, know that the motor car, however easy and convenient it may be, can never be a satisfying substitute for the company and the pleasure of a good horse, anywhere off those bitumen highways.