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CHAPTER XIII. 



' Aberlorna's ' Second Letter in 'Farm Journal' His 

 second Horse shod with Tips Putting on Tips 

 His Experience in South America of the Exuberance 

 of Growth of Horn and its Toughness, in Unshod 

 Horses Shod Horses go lame over good roads, 

 whilst the unshod ones go sound over those of the 

 very worst description Ignorance of People in Eng- 

 land of the Nature of a Horse's Foot ' The Lancet ' 

 on the Indefensibility, in a Physiological Light, 

 of the Use of Horseshoes Success of two Gentle- 

 men in working unshod Horses in England News- 

 paper Complaints, about the Slipping of Horses, and 

 Stoppage of Traffic on Ludgate Hill The false Light 

 in which Slipping is looked at 110 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Ludgate Hill only rises about four feet in every hun- 

 dredSocieties The Bearing Rein only required on 

 Cripples 129 



CHAPTER XV. 



Brittle Hoof Ignorance of Farriers l Impecuniosus ' 

 says the existing Ideas on the Horse's Foot have 

 sprung from wrong roots altogether Fearnley says 

 ' The Charlier is the most Common-sense Shoe ever 

 invented r 135 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Custom of H. Jennings of training Racehorses unshod, 

 and running them in their Races with Tips on their 

 Fore Feet, with the Hind Feet bare ( Evening 

 Standard/ instance of impaired Sight in a Young- 

 Lady from wearing high Heels on her Boots 



