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percha. All kinds of diseases of the foot and leg 

 would be found to arise from it ; hence that door is 

 closed, except on an emergency, and for a very short 

 time. The Charlier tip is better than this device. 



The unshod hunter that is stabled on a bare floor, 

 and that goes to cover and returns at night over 

 hard roads, will have a perfect hoof and foot, and 

 would fear nothing that he could ever encounter in 

 the rest of his day's work ; and then, he could hunt 

 another day a week. 



Instructions are repeatedly being asked for as to 

 how to make and apply the Charlier shoe. Mr^ W. H. 

 Stevens, M.R.C.V.S., of 9, Park Lane, W., sends, 

 post free, for sixpence, a pamphlet, wherein the 

 whole thing is elucidated. This pamphlet is well 

 illustrated, and should make details clear to the 

 most obtuse. If shoes are required, or the neces- 

 sary drawing-knife (which is the only extra tool 

 required), Mr. Stevens also supplies them, as will 

 be seen on perusal of the pamphlet. Messrs. Arnold 

 & Sons, 36, West Smithfield, also supply the knife. 

 When ordering shoes, a tracing of one fore and 

 one hind foot should be sent. It is not likely that 

 ' tips ' are kept, but the latest information gives 

 the valuable and significant fact that the ' full ' 

 shoe is no longer made, but only a ' short ' shoe 

 (a three-quarter one, in fact) which stops a good 

 bit short of the bars. This is ivorth knoiving. 

 Those who wish for ' tips ' can easily get on after 

 knowing this much, without any further hints on 

 the subject. 



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