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CHAPTER XIX. 



THE * RIDE AND DRIYE ' H0E8E — OMNIBFS, VAN, TRAMWAY, AND 

 CAB HORSES — TRAMWAY MULES— MR. EEARNLEY ON CALKS 

 — rNSClENTIFlC SHOEING OF MULES — MR. FEARNLEY ON 

 THE CHARLIER SHOE — BRACY CLiRK — MAYHEW ON THE 

 VARIOUS KINDS OF SHOES. 



A CLASS of horse that is extensively kept is le cheval 

 a deux fins, the one that is ridden on one day, and 

 driven, perhaps, the next, and so on. This horse 

 could but gain in both his capacities by going un- 

 shod, and it would be an error on the part of his 

 owner to argue within himself that it might answer 

 under saddle, but would not do for harness work, 

 or vice versa. People are strangely given to shirk 

 innovations by laying hold of every excuse they can 

 put their hands upon. 



Omnibus, van, tramway, cab, and such-like horses, 

 busily employed in cities, will perhaps be the last 

 (although not the least requiring) to receive full 

 benefit of a change in the order of things ; but get 

 it some day they must, as they have obtained relief 

 from the bearing-rein, for which they are indebted 

 to the energetic agitation of Mr. Flower. A careful 

 inspection of their legs and feet would convince 

 anyone endowed with perception that the present 



