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called defective action. To " dish " with one foreleg only 

 is a very frequent thing. 



Bandaging. — When a horse's legs have to be bandaged, 

 it is a good plan to coil the bandages completely round 

 the pastern, close to the hoofs, winding them around the 

 legs in spiral form (each coil overlapping the other) until 

 the legs are bound up to the knees or hocks, where the 

 bandages are secured. The pressure must be equal, and 

 not too tight. The strings should admit a finger after 

 being tied. I have never found a horse so treated attempt 

 to lie down, and it is far less irksome to an animal than 

 being tied up by the head. 



Habit-cutting is now perfection at most of the high- 

 class London houses. Bodices are exquisitely made — 

 some with stand-up collars, others slightly lapelled, to 

 show a portion of habit-shirt or tie. The backs are cut 

 with long seams, and the buttons placed low, so that even 

 a naturally short-waisted figure appears the contrary, being 

 lengthened and improved. The shaping in front is excel- 

 lent. The skirts are so artistically cut and seamed that 

 they fit at the back as closely as a man's hunting breeches, 

 while the shaping at the knee is supplemented by a most 

 artistic and novel arrangement underneath, a sort of hollow, 

 into which the up-pommel fits completely, thus obviating 

 the necessity of having folds of cloth lying between the 

 right leg and the saddle. These skirts, held back by the 

 hand when the wearer is dismounted, look neat, and are of 

 convenient walking length. 



