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his capabilities at the time, so long as he suits his 

 oprietor's purpose. Many private horses also become 

 greatly reduced in their powers of speed by careless and 

 reckless driving ; these latter can, by sufficient rest, 

 coupled with slower driving and more careful usage, be 

 gradually restored. 



Thus, such horses as may, by rapid, careless, or un- 

 usually hard work, have been reduced in speed, but still 

 be capable of restoration by care and rest proportionate 

 to their particular class, should be entitled to be war- 

 ranted as " sound. as used horses/' 



To many persons such horses would prove serviceable 

 and profitable, and the horses be themselves saved a 

 great deal of future misery ; since, were the above facts 

 better known, no inconsiderable number of such horses, 

 requiring nothing but a little gentle usage and quiet 

 rest, would be bought for work for which they were 

 adapted, would eventually, and as a general thing, 

 quickly recover, and would thereby escape the drudgery 

 which only too often renders the rest of their lives 

 burdensome and miserable. 



Neck Vein. 



The irritation, which is sometimes occasioned in the 

 neck vein by the punctures of the fleam or lancet 

 in bleeding, not unfrequently extends to inflammation, 



