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dures during the process of docking and nicking, rests 

 more or less with the operator ; but there are many 

 proprietors of horses now who have feehngly determined 

 to set their faces against the system altogether ; in fact, 

 the very cruel and unnecessary practice is fast dying out, 

 and is happily the exception and not the rule. 



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