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fast trotting horses that have been shown to us. I suppose 

 not more than one in a tliousand attempts is successful, and 

 if perchance you succeed in getting anywhere near the 

 points, it costs to train the horses to a fast pacing trot. It 

 is well enough for millionaires, who are not obliged to earn 

 their money as we farmers do, to indulije in such thinos 

 if (hey want to. 



Now, in regard to the horse with the string halt, that stjle 

 of horse is very good for a show, but } ou see at once w ith 

 that high action that would tear the forelegs and feet all to 

 })ieces in a very little while. 



I want to say that all the bob-tail horses we have seen on 

 the screen and on the street represent criminals. You know 

 very well there is a reward of one hundred dollars by the 

 society with a long name, of which I am a director, for any 

 information that will lead to the conviction of the man or 

 men who nuitilated any of those horses, — nmtilated them 

 for life. It is a shameful thing. When it was first intro- 

 duced I suppose it was because it was " English, you know," 

 but if it was so then it is not now. When I was abroad I 

 went to Queen Victoria's mews, and there she had one hun- 

 dred and twenty horses, — not one allowed on her premises 

 with a mutilated tail. King Edward has adopted the same 

 rule ; not a bob-tail horse is allowed on the premises. There 

 is an example worthy of imitation by us. It is shameful to 

 see what we do see as represented there, — such mutilation, 

 such cruelty. 



The question was asked, What is the best way to feed 

 horses? I learned over there that a study has been made 

 for years as to the best method of feeding carriage horses. 

 The method adopted there at Queen Victoria's mews was to 

 feed horses Avith six quarts of oats a day, with a sufficiency 

 of hay, Avith bran mash once a week, and in the winter sea- 

 son an occasional mess of carrots. 



Our friend, if I understood him rightly, recommended 

 what seems to me is the proper class to breed. Brother 

 farmers, if we raise a horse, let us raise a good one. ]\Ir. 

 Sanborn has introduced beautiful stallions. I have visited 

 his place and seen the products, — most beautiful horses, 



