MAIL PHAETON— MAIZE 



it has need of constant supervision, as once a hole is formed 

 it rapidly develops into a rut, or nasty place, which may 

 prove a source of inconvenience and danger to men and 

 horses passing over it. 



Mail Phaeton is a driving phaeton of a very high grade, 

 hung upon a perch carriage and mail or platform springs, 



\Tail Phaeton. 



similar to the springs of a mail-coach. It has always a solid 

 panel driving seat in front, which is fitted with a leather 

 hood, and has a seat behind for servants. 



Maize, or Indian Corn, has of recent years come to be 

 used as a food in many stables which it never was allowed 

 to enter previously. No doubt the high price of oats and 

 proportionate cheapness of maize was the cause of this, but 

 of late the latter has cost more. Given as a food it is apt 

 to cause purging at first, but this soon wears off and the 

 horses begin to put on flesh fast. Maize is not, however, a 

 muscle-producing form of food, and is rather of a heating 

 nature, and therefore it should not be given in large quantities 

 to horses which have hard work to get through at a fast pace, 

 and it never can be accepted as an adequate substitute for 



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