"Of all essential things in a gentleman's bodily and moral training, this is really the beginning - that he should have close companionship with the horse, the dog, and the eagle. Of all birthrights and bookrights - this is his first. 

To all good and sane men and beasts, be true brother; and as it is best, perhaps, to begin with all things in the lowest place, begin with true brotherhood to the beast: in pure simplicity of practical help." Ruskin.

Here is a poetic way of saying it - 

Let the gentleman’s dawn begin

astride the horse, beside the hound,

beneath the eagle’s sovereign wing—

his birthright, sealed in earth and sky.  First, brother to the beast:

in humble hand and heart,

lift, feed, and follow.