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quent inability to carry on an active and 

 healthy circulation through a vascular system 

 thus unduly extended. I have seen some very 

 striking examples of this disproportion ; and 

 it is a point in pathology meriting more atten- 

 tion than it has received." 



How many facts illustrate this doctrine 

 in respect to both men and horses. Per- 

 sons of experience in horses which have to 

 work hard daily, either in harness or in the 

 saddle, are agreed on the unfitness of large 

 horses for severe work. A large soldier may 

 beat down one of much lower stature, but in 

 making long marches, and submitting to priva- 

 tions the smaller men beat the larger. It is 

 the same in horses. Heavy dragoon soldiers 

 require horses having great physical power, 

 but these horses cannot compete with the light 

 Cossack and Hungarian horses in bearing long 

 marches and privations, but these in the actual 

 charge have not sufficient weight to oppose 

 horses of greater physical power. Here then, 

 again, we see the wisdom of those who breed 

 our fine Hereford and Devon cattle, who keep 

 down the size of their cows in order to main- 

 tain the vigour of their constitution, knowing 



