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Wolseley's axiom Edinburgh lasses Moccasin versus boot 

 Mansfield Parkyns in Abyssinia Ladies and children at the 

 sea-side Charles Waterton in Guiana Col. Dodge's account 

 of the North American Indian's pony A race between the 

 Indian's pony and the high-bred horse Exmoor and Dartmoor 

 ponies Description of these ' moors ' How to make a horse 'w 

 hoof tender The hoof an organ of all-work Saddle and 

 draught Col. Burnaby's opinion 142 



CHAPTER X. 



Unshod horses now at work Dr. Llewellyn's horse on London 

 roads Thirteen thousand miles without shoes Always went 

 lame when shod His transfer to Mr. A. F. Astley Mr. 

 Astley's horse ' Tommy ' State of his hoofs when bought 

 Process of training Work done by him unshod on hard 

 roads Photographs of his hoofs Mr. Whitmore Baker's 

 mare ' Stella ' Facts versus theory Photographs of ' Stella ' 

 and her hoofs Letters from Mr. Baker _Work done by 

 1 Stella ' barefooted Galloping over ice or loose stones Mr. 

 Baker's offer to enable other horses to work unshod His 

 preparation for hoofs and its possible value Influence of 

 external conditions on the hoof The condemned tramcar 

 horse Result of removing the shoes Five hundred and forty 

 miles unshod Photograph of the hoof in transitional state 

 Mistaken benevolence ...... 158 



CHAPTER XI. 



Hardening and renovating the hoof Variety in hoofs Thrush 

 concealed by shoe Dr. Brierley's horses Horses in Italy 

 Mr. Theodore E. Williams's horse l Prince ' Lame when shod 

 Experiment on another horse, and result Mr. Herbert 

 Smith's experiments Altered shape of hoof Need of per- 

 severance Xenophon's rules for hardening the hoof General 

 summary of the subject ........ 178 



CHAPTER XII. , 



The Professional Eye Fashion and nature The curb Weight and 

 size of bit The BEAEING-REIN Three kinds of bearing-rein 

 The gag bearing-rein Mechanical parallel The over-head 

 rein Neck of the horse Great ligament of the neck and its 

 attachments Vertebrae of neck and spine Vertebrae and 



