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riding a horse, who was not in condition, through " the 

 run of the season." The proceeding would have been 

 inexcusable had it been intentional ; but it was the fault 

 of the second horseman, who lost himself before the 

 second fox was found, the good run being with him (the 

 second fox) . The result of this day's work was an attack 

 of general inflammation, which dropped into the feet on 

 the second day. The mare was bled copiously, and her 

 shoes were taken off; she also stood for a week on wet 

 clay during the day. She never cared much about lying 

 down during the attack; and in seven weeks she was 

 sound and at work again. She never had a relapse, 

 although her work was all on the road, and I rode her 

 for more than three years, after the occurrence, as a hack, 

 and also worked her in harness. I never hunted her 

 again ; indeed, she was not a hunter, though she might 

 have been a first-class one had she been used as such. 

 The other case was that of a four-year-old horse, who 

 had a bad attack of fever in the feet after a long but not 

 hard day, two days after the day's hunting. He lay 

 down for two days or three, I am not quite sure which, 

 as it was a long time ago. The veterinary surgeon who 

 treated him would not bleed him, but gave him a strong 

 dose of physic, and rest of course, his shoes being taken 

 off. In a month's time he was so sound that I rode him 

 with hounds again, the result of which indiscretion was 

 a second attack, worse than the first. I then threw him 

 up for three months, and blistered his coronets repeatedly. 

 He then did a few days' hunting, with no ill effect, and 

 carried a whipper-in for two seasons after that being 

 none the worse for his illness, any more than was the 

 mare ; but he required a little extra care in his feeding 

 and condition generally. The cause of his attack was 



