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CHAPTER XX. 



QUESTION risr THE ' FIELD ' AS TO AN TJNSHOD HORSE WORK- 

 ING IN LONDON — NO ROADS TOO HARD FOR AN UNSHOD 

 HORSE — XENOPHON ON HARD, ROUGH STABLE FLOORS, 

 ETC. — ERRONEOUS IDE4. OF ^SOMETHING NICE AND SOFT' 

 TO STAND UPON — FLINT ROADS OF HERTFORDSH RE — ' TOU 

 CANNOT TREAT AN ORGANIC BODY AS IF IT WEPvE AN 

 INORGANIC ONE ' — BRACT CLARK, ' THE MISERABLE, COERCED, 

 SHOD FOOT ' — BRACY CLARK ON DIFFERENCE OF GROWTH OF 

 HORN IN THE SHOD AND THE UNSHOD HORSE — FAILURE 

 OF BRACY CLARK AND MILES TO PRODUCE A PERFECT 

 HORSESHOE. 



The * Field,' in its issue of May 1, 1880, contains the 

 following : — ' Last week I saw in the City a brown 

 horse without shoes drawing a full-sized brougham : 

 his feet seemed jparticularly sound and luell-shaped. 

 It would be interesting to j earn the method of treat- 

 ment, and the length of time necessary to fit a horse 

 for use unshod on the London stones. If the owner 

 should see these lines, perhaps he will give your 

 readers the benefit of his experience.' 



This communication proves that there is at least 

 one more unshod horse going sound in our midst, 

 and that he has excited the interest of at least one 

 observer. Although this gentleman does not directly 

 express it, he seems to imply his wonder how the 



