Black Beauty
aggressive. This horse, Ginger, said this was because she had been treated very
badly at a young age. Ginger was taken away from her mother, not long after birth,
and was trained to work, in a very rough manner, by men who did not care for
horses. Although her new master and his employees were very kind, she could not
help being, suspicious of men.Black Beauty's kind owner was forced to move abroad
for the sake of his wife's health. This marked the beginning of a string ofowners with
different personalities. Some were well-intentioned Unfortunateiy, in Black Beauty's
case, this often proved to be harmful. He was often either neglected or misused.
After some time, however, Black Beauty was bought by Jerry Barker, a kind cab
owner. There, he was treated very well. Although being a cab horse was very hard
work, Black Beauty always did his best because he enjoyed pleasing his master.
Black Beauty was very well cared for. He was given good food to eat, a warm stable