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DRIVING AS I FOUND IT. 



sooner docked and trimmed up tlian thev are put into 

 a lieay^^ carriage, driven round the Park, and most 

 likely further. They now get oats three times 

 a day, and like a child with a box of candy, 

 eat till they get sick. The regular work is begin- 

 ning to tell on them. They get dull, their lack of 

 condition begins to tell, they have no ambition to step, 

 and therefore lose whatever action they might have 

 had when bought, and, excepting the horses were well 

 mated, of good color and proper conformation, look 

 mean and worthless. Many young horses are ruined 

 through injudicious driving and improper treatment 

 that would in experienced hands otherwise make up 

 into good, useful animals. 



I venture to surmise that amongst my readers there 

 are some who, when buying horses, have been so im- 

 pressed with their high stepping qualifications as to 

 lose sight of the other points which go to make a per- 

 feeti carriage horse, without taking into consideration 

 the forced state of condition of the animal, or whether 

 he or they are suitable for your purpose, even if they 

 did not have the extra high stepping qualities. You 

 bought them simply on.a^cpunt of their action not 

 knowing how or from what cause that action was pro- 

 duced, and after working them a short time have be- 

 come disgusted with-yom' purchase because, they having 



