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been allowed, would have been prevented, and valuable 

 lives occasionally have been saved. Are we not sustained 

 in this view by the cause which gave rise to the death of 

 the late Peter Cagger, of New York? The wheels of his 

 wagon broke down without apparent cause, as they did not 

 come in collision with any object, but, from their want of 

 strength, were unable to stand the smooth avenues of 

 Central Park, when attached to a good horse. Would not 

 the life of James Harper, of the same city, have been 

 saved, if his carriage had been somewhat stronger, to have 

 broken the force of the collision ? And why was the 

 rotten tree-box on Broad Street, Philadelphia, stronger 

 than the wagon that caused the death of Mr. Levering ? ' 

 Those who are fond of fast horses, should adopt the sad- 

 dle, and eschew the " toy" called a wagon, for in the event 

 of a slight collision, down goes the wagon and all that is in 

 it, and away runs the horse, with the fragments of fashion- 

 able folly attached to him. However, we do not soon 

 expect any improvement in this particular, while trotting 

 takes the place of running at our race courses, and our 

 streets and roads remain in their present disgraceful state. 

 The relation of good or bad roads to horses, carriages, and 

 wagons, has not escaped the observation of Dr. J. Gr. Hol- 

 land (" Timothy Titcomb"), who writes to the Springfield 

 Republican, that with the heavier carriages and wagons of 

 Europe, one horse does with more ease and less exertion, 

 work that requires two in this country ; and moreover, in 

 the city of London the horses go so fast without accident, 

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