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so that there will be always a permanent enlargement 

 of the upper pastern joint. They effected nothing-, and 

 when I saw her she could not be led out of the stable, if 

 strangers were present. I am very peaceably inclined, 

 and after a quarrel, feel exceedingly uncomfortable till time 

 obliterates it from my mind. But had I happened along 

 when these fellows were ill-treating this daughter of the 

 Falcon, there would have been a case of assault and bat- 

 tery, sure. 



PEECEPTOR. Tour reasoning is, that bitting, as ordina- 

 rily practiced, is prejudicial ; and not having much know- 

 ledge of the subject, I am unable to say. It is certain that 

 a horse with a faulty configuration can never be taught 

 to carry himself in a proper manner. It would also be 

 hard to say which carriage is the most proper for a fast 

 trotter, as there has been as much difference in the cele- 

 brities in this particular as in others. Some have argued 

 that style is incompatible with speed of the highest rate. 

 That species of style which is shown by high, faulty action, 

 and a peacock demeanor, does not, it is true, comport with 

 fast trotting. Style, the result of proper form and good 

 breeding, is quite a different thing. The neck justly at- 

 tached to the body, springing from the sloping shoulder, 

 and ended by the right setting-in of the head, requires 

 but little artificial aid to have it carried in a way the most 

 favorable to appearance, and not in any way antagonisti- 

 cal to speed. The bearing or check rein, is of great im- 

 portance in trotting, and the one you have alluded to as 

 the Kemble Jackson is little understood, being used light 

 and wrong by those unacquainted with what it is intended 

 to effect. It is a powerful auxiliary in handling turbulent 

 horses, or those that require to be more " thrown on their 

 haunches," though I agree with you that that term, so 

 long in use, does not rightly express what is meant. I 



