1 86 THE horse: its taming, 



with shoes on, and there is no trouble in getting round 

 on any kind of going in the city. Mr. Fagin drove to 

 Shrewsbury, 35 miles from Melden, after two days' 

 rain in February, 1855, when it was so icy that a boy 

 could skate all the way, and had no trouble. The 

 hoof is hard and broad, and the frog is full and plump, 

 and on a level. They have driven two winters on ice 

 and snow altogether better than when they were shod. 

 Their feet are better for all purposes; they can trot 

 faster, pull as much, and go more miles in the same 

 time than they could when shod. 



The Paris Oinnibits Horses. — The company has 

 something like 12,000 horses, which require to be fed, 

 and for some years past the officials of the company 

 have taken great pains to arrive at the best ration — 

 that, in fact, which would be at the same time cheap 

 and substantial. There are three services, the omnibus 

 and two tramways. The omnibus horses are fed at a 

 cost of i^. 6y2d. a day, the ordinary tramway at 

 i^. yd. a day, and the horses of the service coming 

 under the same head, and known as the voies ferrees^ 

 cost i.s'. jYod. a day. The general average is shown 

 to be about i^. 63/j^<f. a day, which appears to be the 

 lowest cost since the company was established in 1855 ; 

 the highest cost per horse having been in i ^y6^ when 

 it was 2s. S}^d. The composition of the ration of 

 1886 was as follows: — Hay, S'62 lb.; straw, y^o lb.; 



