165 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE LADY'S HORSE MUST NOT BE EXPOSED TO STUMBLING 

 LIGHT TIPS WILL WEAB AS LONG A8 HEAVY SHOES 

 HORSES AS HACKS FOR ELDERLY GENTLEMEN PARK HACKS 



CARRIAGE HORSES ABNORMAL ACTION AND GRACEFUL 



ACTION CONCUSSION THROUGH THE IRON SHOE BEARING 

 REIN FOR ' SCREWS' IT 'PULLS THEM TOGETHER' CRUELTY 

 THEREOF 'DOCKING' A HORSE'S TALL is VIVISECTION 



' CUTTING* CAUSED BY SHOEING CRUEL MODE OF CURB AT 

 PRESENT EMPLOYED COACHMEN. 



EQUAL to the hunter in value is the lady's horse. 

 In the ' Book of the Horse,' we find it said of him : 

 * He should be free from the slightest suspicion of 

 unsoundness in feet and forelegs, or those tricks of 

 stumbling which lead to falls.' In an editorial 

 article, the ' Morning Advertiser ' has said : ' There 

 can be no doubt that to encase the foot of either 

 man or beast in a hard, heavy, unyielding case or 

 cincture is against every law of Nature, It is 

 equally true that by so doing the delicacy of the 

 foot is impaired, the sensitiveness injured, and, 

 accordingly, the liability of the animal let us say 

 the horse to stumble much increased.' This being 

 so, as it undeniably is, a lady's horse should evi- 

 dently be unshod. He would then possess further 



