jV TO animal so mucH enlists our sympa- 

 thies as tlie Horse. His strength, 

 beauty, and docility, appeal to our finer 

 sentiments, and his utility makes him in- 

 dispensable to our comfort, and often an ab- 

 solute necessity in carrying on the work of 

 life, whether of business or pleasure. But 

 we have all been so annoyed by the many 

 ailments to which he is subject, and the ill 

 condition into which he so often falls, that 

 many people who have kept horses merely 

 for pleasure have been led to dispense 

 with them entirely. 



And this trouble is continually on the 



