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invariably worse than the disease. The applicatiou 

 of grease is always injurious, yet ostlers will persist, 

 if you let them, in using it upon every slight occa- 

 sion : it always irritates the skin. When it is desir- 

 able to conceal a hurt, it may be done by mixing up 

 a little soot with burnt alum. 



BREED OF ENGLISH HORSES. 



The breed of these useful animals may be de- 

 scribed generally under the following denominations i 



The Road Horse. 

 The Farmer's Horse. 

 The Coach Horse. 

 The Heavy Draught Horse. 

 The Dray Horse. 

 The Cavalry Horse. 

 The Race Horse. 

 The Hunter. 

 Galloways and Ponies. 

 Upon each of these we propose to say a few words. 



THE ROADSTER. 



The roadster, or hackney, is the one to which the 

 foregoing pages have been chiefly dedicated ; and 

 as so much has already been said upon that part of 

 the subject, it may not be inappropriate to conclude 

 it Vvdth the following instances of the sagacity and 

 fidelity of this noble animal. 



The memory of the horse is astonishing, and here 

 is proof of the averment. A gentleman rode a horse 

 from his own residence to a distance of thirty miles, 

 in a direction the horse had never gone before. The 

 road presented difficulties, but the gentleman at 

 length reached his destination. Two years elapsed, 

 and the same party had again occasion to take the 

 same journey ; but the horse had not traversed the 



