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principally applicable as general regulations 

 whereby the preservation of the health and use- 

 fulness of horses may be effected, which is the 

 end and object of all the attention paid them. 

 The principles that are carried out in one estab- 

 lishment must not be taken for granted as 

 applicable to all others. This is a too common 

 error ; and from which mischief may unex- 

 pectedly occur some time or other. With slight 

 modifications, certain regulations of an establish- 

 ment may be adopted in others with success, all 

 these depending entirely upon the nature of 

 duties and the influences whicii are extended to 

 them. Without taking these into proper con- 

 sideration inevitable confusion will be the conse- 

 quence* 



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