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CHAPTEE XVI. 



CUSTOM OF H. JEXXINGS OF TRAnOXG EACEHORSES UNSHOD, 

 AXD EU:^fXING THEM IN" THEIE, RACES WITH TIPS ON THEIR 

 FORE FEET, WITH THE HIND FEET BARE — ' EVENING 

 STANDARD,' INSTANCE OF IMPAIRED SIGHT IN A YOUNG 

 LADY FROM WEARING HIGH HEELS ON HER BOOTS — MANY 

 DISEASES OF HORSES MAY BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO ILL-TREAT- 

 MENT OF THEIR FEET — CARIES OF THE TEETH IS KNOWN TO 

 AFFECT A horse's ACTION — VETERINARY DENTISTS IN 

 AMERICA — CRIB-BITERS, WIND-SUCKERS, AND WEAVERS — 

 LETTER OF A CAVALRY OFFICER IN ^ DAILY TELEGRAPH' — 

 HIS FAVOURABLE EXPERIENCE OF TIPS AND UNSHOD 

 HORSES. 



As a proof of the great diversity of ideas and 

 opinions on the difference between the fore feet and 

 the hind ones, as to which of the pairs should be most 

 protected, or whether either of them should be pro- 

 tected at all, we will give an extract from ' Twenty 

 Years on the Turf,' in the ' Sportsman,' in which a 

 description of the establishment of Mr. H. Jennings, 

 the well-known trainer of racehorses, at Bac de la 

 Croix, Compiegne, is given : — 



' Mr. Jennings has as many horses under his 

 care as any other trainer in either France or England. 

 One peculiarity about the horses in the La Croix 

 stable is that the majority of them are unshod, while 

 in training. jVIr. Jennings is enabled to adopt this 



