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also a remarkable fact, that blind horses are sel- 

 dom so fine and glossy In their coats as other 

 horses. What analogy this last circumstance 

 may bear with the foregoing, I shall not pretend 

 to determine. 



Narrow stalls are a source of great lncon-> 

 vcniencc and danger to the animal when he 

 turns round In them. In the course of my 

 practice, I have met with several cases of dis- 

 eased spines or back bones from this cause only. 

 Injuries of this nature are generally beyond re- 

 lief, on which account they point out very for- 

 cibly the necessity of prevention. 



When the horse is required to turn round 

 in a narrow stall, his own experience of his si- 

 tuation would teach him to move backwards out 

 of it, but the groom prevents him from so do- 

 ing, by standing close behind him, and urging 

 him, either by a threatening tone of voice or the 

 L whip, 



