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tion, that I always watch very closely to see if any of the 

 horses are likely to acquire it. 



PUPIL. Accident discovered to me a manner of prevent- 

 ing this self-inflicted injury, after I had puzzled my brain 

 in every way to find a remedy. I had a large five-year- 

 old stallion that persisted in lying on the shoe, in spite of 

 all my efforts to prevent him. He was tied in a stall, so I 

 removed him to a loose box, plentifully littered with 

 straw, though no benefit accrued from his occupying it. 

 Every movement he heard, he would dart to the window, 

 and paw the dirt floor into deep holes. We were forced 

 to tie him up during the day, which did not stop his paw- 

 ing, so that he had a depression in front of him of at least 

 a foot deeper than were he stood. One day I saw him ly- 

 ing down with his feet in the hole, and I was struck at 

 once with the favorable position. His halter was tied 

 so that he could not get back on the comparatively 

 level surface sufficiently far to bend his legs under him, 

 and he was forced to remain with his feet in the hole. I 

 immediately dug out his old stall in the same manner, 

 tied him so that he could not go back further than I 

 desired, and had the gratification to find the removal 

 of the swelling which was as large as the clenched fist 

 take place. In a short time, he was well. I kept the stall 

 as it was for some time after he was completely cured, and 

 when once more placed on a level surface, he had con- 

 tracted the habit of lying in a position that did not injure 

 the elbow, and I never had any trouble with him from that 

 cause afterwards. 



PEECEPTOE. Fortune has often been the means of dis- 

 coveries that had eluded the penetration of those who 

 were renowned for foresight, and the most wonderful 

 efforts of genius have fallen short of the benefits derived 

 from some stroke of good luck. The swinging of a 

 chandelier in a cathedral, the fall of an apple, the laziness 



