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"spect, is proverbial. They are so afraid 

 "that the horses under their charge will 

 "catch cold, and their coats will "stare," 

 "as it is termed, that they invariably stop 

 "up every crevice and ventilator in a 

 "stable, in cold weather, thereby thinking 

 "to secure the end they have in view, 

 "whereas they are all the time but taking 

 "the most certain steps to insure the very 

 " evil they would avert. It is well known, 

 "and I may say, an undisputed fact by 

 "all those who know anything about the 

 "subject, that horses, young horses espe- 

 " cially, on coming into stables from grass, 

 "are nearly always affected with throat, 

 " and often with lung ailments, in a greater 

 " or less degree, while assuming the reverse 

 " to be the case, and when they are removed 



