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and one great cause of bad doing Is' their 

 teeth. 



I know a celebrated equine dentist 

 whose labours have produced wonderful 

 results through extracting diseased and 

 filing down sharp projecting teeth. I have 

 seen horses with their gums all boils and 

 sores through sharp teeth continually 

 rubbing against them, and have known 

 such horses develop irritability, and their 

 attendants unable to attribute the cause, 

 and have seen them, after a few minutes' 

 treatment by the man I refer to, rub their 

 noses on his arms, and almost lick his 

 hands In gratitude. 



I remember buying a two -year- old 

 some years ago for a little money after 

 running last in a race. His gums had 

 a rancorous incision in which you could 

 have laid your finger, caused by his 

 teeth. In a few weeks after dentistry 



