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their horses under the mark; and they are not 

 losers by that, as their animals last them longer. 

 Still, no one takes this into account ; and they are 

 by many considered prodigal in horseflesh. Most 

 likely they know to the contrary ; still they may 

 do even better by breaking their trucks down every 

 descent. 



Brakes cost infinitely less than forced losses in 

 the shape of rests, and still more in the shape of 

 new acquisitions of horseflesh. It is within the 

 bounds of possibility that the men connected with 

 the care of such horses might be brought to acknow- 

 ledge that they were none the worse for the brakes ; 

 but, ignorant and bigoted as they generally are, 

 it might be difficult to extract from any but an 

 exceptionally intelligent and observing man that 

 they thought much of the change. They know 

 all about horses in their own opinion. Of course, 

 they should not be led to believe that all ex- 

 isting diseases can thus be entirely cured, especially 

 if in at all an advanced stage. They should, if 

 reasonable, be satisfied on seeing them arrested 

 in the case of old horses, and on having it pointed 

 out to them that young horses were free from 

 them for a longer time, and in a less degree, than 

 formerly under the old system ; and they may be 

 brought to confess that the horses generally ' did 

 better,' to use a phrase very common amongst this 

 class of men. 



But agriculturists extensively use two-wheeled 

 carts without any means of breaking them down hill ; 



