Poor Blossom: The Story of a Horse

Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
POOR BLOSSOM.
MY PLACE OF BIRTH.
BY THE AUTHOR OF
“NEDDY AND ME;” “ONLY A LADYBIRD,” ETC., ETC.
LONDON:
S. W. PARTRIDGE & Co., 9, PATERNOSTER ROW.
Geo. Watson & Co., Printers, 28, Charles Street, Farringdon Road, E.C.
Dedication. TO ALL WHO HAVE THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT NOBLE AND USEFUL ANIMAL THE HORSE, THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
POOR BLOSSOM.
The first thing that I remember is a green field enclosed by a stiff fence, where I was running about by my mother’s side. I cannot call to mind the earliest days of my existence, but I am sure that I was not more than a fortnight old when my mother gave me my first lesson in life—a lesson I have never forgotten. My mother was a fine bay mare, the property of Mr. Bayne, a farmer, who seems to have treated her very kindly; indeed I have never heard any horse speak better of a master than my mother was accustomed to speak of the man who owned her.