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riding a horse_, wlio 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 



