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meration of the principal distinctive characters : sex, state of the genital 

 organs, service, coat (its varieties and its peculiarities), age, height, and 

 date. 



In the French army all the horses are marked by a number burnt 

 upon the left anterior hoof; the anterior right, on the contrary, is 

 reserved for a mark indicating the branch of the service and the regi- 

 ment to which the animal belongs. Finally, each subject bears a par- 

 ticular name ; the place where purchased and the price paid for him are 

 always known. These are the various elements which enter into a mili- 

 tary certificate, and which should be enumerated in the following order : 



1st, registration number ; 2d, name; 3d, sea; y 4th, a^e; 5th, height ; 

 6th, color and its varieties ; 7th, peculiarities ; 8th, where pur,cha^ed ; 

 dth, price; 10th, regiment. 



On breeding farms the order followed is almost the same. Here, 

 also, the pedigree is added to the certificate, and sometimes the prin- 

 cipal performances of the subject. 



In large transportation companies the order adopted is similar to 

 that of the army, but differing somewhat with each establishment, and 

 for which there seems to be no uniform formula. 



In the Compagnie generdle des omnibus, of Paris, for example, each 

 horse corresponds to a descriptive account, upon which are recorded the 

 following elements : registration number (marked with the hot iron 

 upon the left side of the neck), name of seller, date of purchase, sex, 

 age, height, coat, its varieties and its peculiarities. 



Models of Certificates. — We will here give a certain number 

 of examples of certificates in which the principles previously mentioned 

 will be applied. 



Civil Certificate, very Complete. — Philadelphia, September 23, 1891. 

 No. 243. Harry, gelding, Norman race, proper to light-draught service ; coat 

 dark chestnut bay, dappled upon the shoulders and croup, very rubican upon 

 the cheeks, the neck, and the back ; head, star prolonged by a small bordered 

 list, deviated to the right, terminated by a marbled leprous spot between 

 and in the nostrils, and prolonged to the superior and inferior lips ; three 

 accidental marks, one upon the left side of the withers, the other two upon the 

 right and behind ; grayish at the base of the tail ; abdomen, axilla, and stifle 

 washed ; diagonal left fetlocks, the posterior irregular, dentated, and ermined ; 

 pastern, anterior right, bordered, speckled ; tail docked and banged ; age six 

 years ; one supernumerary left superior intermediate ; absence of superior right 

 canine ; I65 hands high with standard. Small spavin on left hock, with traces 

 of actual cautery in points in same place; outbow-foot anterior right; interfering 



