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piece of abominable torture the bearing-rein. I 

 hope tlie day is not far distant when the use of 

 the bearing-rein will become a recognized mis- 

 demeanour, and be punished as an act of cruelty. 

 The man bringing such an Act into Parliament 

 would deserve well of his country. An old 

 writer says, '-'- Dulce et decorum est pro patria 

 7}iori;^^ yet it is more sweet and honourable 

 to live and do good to our fellow-man by en- 

 lightening his mind and exposing the pitfalls 

 and stumbling-stones at his feet. When men 

 are taught the uselessness and cruelty of the 

 bearing rein, it will be discarded and become a 

 thing of the past. 



BROKEN KNEES. 



As the carriage horse is often the sufferer by 

 man's ignorance and by bad shoeing, neglect, 

 and the use of the bearing rein, he often falls, 

 and his knees are badly cut by coming in con- 

 tact with the hard road. It will be right here 

 to give the reader instructions how to proceed 

 with the horse when its knees are badly broken. 



As in all cases of wounds, the first thing is to 

 wash clean with lukewarm water, get all foreign 

 substances out of the wound, then examine care- 

 fully by putting the forefinger into the wound to 

 ascertain if the joint is injured ; if it is not, dress 

 it with carbolized oil, put on a pledget of tow or 

 cotton wool, and bandage up. If the wound is 

 not very deep, it should not be undone for three 

 days ; then the bandage may be taken off, and 

 the wound kept clean, and if dressed with car- 



