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Water should be soft, clean, and, if very 

 cold, should be chilled. It should be given 

 before feeding and not after. 



Groominci should be thoroughly, ener- 

 getically, and regularly done, for otherwise 

 neither the horse's general health nor the 

 gloss on his coat will be satisfactory. 



Docking is a cruel and brutal fashion, 

 which all who appreciate the horse, and 

 understand his constitution, would be glad 

 to see unmistakeably abolished by law. 

 The reader may be referred for details, and 

 for an able presentment on Docking, to a 

 book recently published under the sanction 

 of the Royal Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals, entitled " The Wanton 

 Mutilation of Animals," by the celebrated 

 Dr. Fleming, lately at the head of the Veter- 

 inary Department of the Army. He says 

 that it is " painful and unnecessary,'' 

 damaofes the animal for life, and brino^s those 

 who practise it within the scope of the law 

 for the prevention of cruelty to animals. 



Dr. Fleming quotes Voltaire, whose dis- 

 gust with the unnatural appearance of our 

 horses, impelled him to write the following 

 lines; — 



