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affections and sources of lameness to wliicli 

 horses of all classes are subject. 



The most expensive and best coach horses, 

 hunters, &c., in the world — as those of Eng- 

 land unquestionably are — fall victims in large 

 numbers, and alm.ost all are deteriorated by 

 the condition of their feet, as above described ; 

 and if we turn attention to the hardest-worked 

 horses in towns — metropolitan and provincial 

 — we are humilitated by the reflection of the 

 amount of suffering endured by the lame cab, 

 coach, and other horses, and experience a 

 horror, which is doubtless intensified by aknow- 



ledge of the causes and exact conditions. Well 

 may foreigners express wonder at the number 

 of lame horses met with in all parts of this 

 country. 



Baron Cuvier said, and the statement is 

 worthy of attention — " It may safely be as- 

 serted that more horses are consumed in 

 England, in every ten years, than in any 

 other country in the world in ten times that 

 period, except those which perish in war." 



XoTi:. — Since tlie above was written, the report 

 has come to liand of Newminster's death. 



