DR. LLEWELLYN'S HORSE. 



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my lamented friend, the late A. F. Astley, of 46 

 Great Cumberland Place, Marble Arch, W. Here 

 is a copy of the certificate signed by the former 

 owner : 



' I certify that for five and a half years the horse 

 (whose hoof is here photographed) has done my 

 work (a doctor's) BAREFOOT that is to say, without 

 iron of any kind on his feet. 



' This work he has done single- 

 handed, for I keep but one horse. 

 Most of his work has been done 

 over macadamised roads in the 

 East of London. 



' He has often worked seven 

 days a week, and has frequently 

 had a heavy brougham behind him. 

 In the five and a half years he 

 must have traversed some 13,000 miles. Daily work, 

 three or four hours. Though barefoot, he has worked 

 sound, and his hoofs show no signs of undue wear. 

 (Signed) ' E. EALPH LLEWELLYN. 



' July 20, 1883.' 



I here present to my readers an engraving of a 

 photographic portrait of the near fore-hoof of this 

 horse. Let the reader, when examining it, bear in 

 mind that the horse had traversed at least thirteen 



HOOF OF MR. ASTLEY'S 

 HORSE, PURCHASED 



FROM DR. LLEWEL- 

 LYN. 



