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horse-skin, having the hair left on, and laced up the leg. 

 On, or just over the seat of injury, a concave piece of stout 

 leather should be let into the covering, and the hollow thus 





formed (which acts as a protector) should be filled up with 

 a small pad of lint, previously saturated with zinc lotion. 

 This serves to cure the sore, and also prevents a recurrence 

 of it. I append a sketch. 



Sawmouth Bridoon. — This is a terribly severe bit, 

 and one which no good judge of training would permit to be 

 used among his horses. It is calculated to destroy rather 

 than to instruct. The illustration shows the nature of it. 



To Shoe a nervous or vicious horse, or a young sensi- 



