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for the next twelve months he was a constant patient of 

 mine. The collar never went on to his shoulders a third 

 time without making them " raw." Alterative and other 

 treatment for irritable skin proved of no use ; so that it 

 taught me this lesson, and it may teach you the same, 

 that there are some horses whose skin will not bear the 

 pressure of harness. Or it would, perhaps, be wiser to 

 say that there are some horses whose skin, to all appear- 

 ance healthy, may at the same time be so sensitive as 

 to be rendered inflamed and sore by the pressure of 

 harness. 



