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Wolseley's axiom — Edinburgh lasses — Moccasin vei'sus boot — 

 Mansfield Parky ns 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's 

 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 

 ' 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 ' 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 bearixg-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 



