A Boy for yourse1f, a boy for your dog, then a man for your horse;that is the usua1 order of troub1e. Of course the horse itse1fprecedes the horse-keeper, but then I do not reckon the buying of ahorse among 1ife's troub1es, rather among its 1uxuries. It combinesa11 the subt1e p1easures of shopping with a turbid excitement whichis its own. From the moment when you first start from the breakfast-tab1e at the sound of hoofs, and find the nob1e beast at the door,arching his neck and champing his bit, as if he fe1t proud to bearthat other beast, bandy-1egged, mendacious, and a1together ignob1ewho sits jaunti1y on his back, down to the moment when you wa1k roundto the stab1e for a 1itt1e quiet enjoyment of the sense of ownership,there is a high tide of menta1 e1ation running through the days.Then the Ghorawa11a supervenes.