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stand that lie is being driven into such vices ; they 

 believe them to be inherent in the individual. This 

 affection for, and interest in, their horses, which 

 has been developing itself of late years in coach- 

 men (not so much in stable-helpers) , would soon 

 reconcile them to any innovation which might be 

 found beneficial to horses, however much they may 

 be averse to them when first introduced to their 

 notice or approval. 



I am obliged to ' N.,' l both for the interest he 

 has taken in what I have written and for the case he 

 mentions of impending lockjaw (which it would 

 appear to have been) through ill-grown teeth. I 

 have not met with a parallel case, but I once knew 

 a cart-horse that cost 100 to die of lockjaw from 

 getting ' pricked 'in shoeing. The nail was withdrawn, 

 but the veterinary surgeon stated that there had 

 been a scale on the inside of it which had been 

 forced off in the withdrawal ' against the grain,' 

 and had made its way into the sensitive parts, to 

 remain there. 



To ' J. F. K. S.' 2 I am equally indebted. He 

 may rest assured that no fair trial has ever been 

 given to the artillery horses at Woolwich, but it has 

 been given to such horses at the Cape, and with the 

 greatest success. They were found to go better, when 

 unshod all round, over the roughest description of 

 hilly roads, and for years together. 



What has happened at Woolwich has been that 

 shoes are removed from all horses before shipping 



1 See Appendix F. 2 See Appendix Gr. 



