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trouble. The check may also save the horse from a fall if 

 driven down]hill with a loose rein. 



Carriages. — Let the carriage be in heft, in due proportion 

 to the load to be carried. The more we examine into this 

 matter, the more enormous becomes the amount of horse- 

 power wasted, by using an eight hundred pound wagon 

 to carry an average load of three to five hundred pounds. 



When your carriage will not carry its own weight with- 

 out injury, you had better discard it for one that will, 

 while hauling around two or three hundred pounds 

 unnecessarily. Just multiply it by the number of miles 

 travelled in a year, find out how many tons you are hauling 

 for nothing, and how much power you are throwing 

 away. Better make two loads and quicker time. 



Olippiny. — This is a fashion created and strongly 

 advocated by lazy f/rooms, who wish to keep their horses in 

 sleekest condition with the least trouble and labor on 

 their part. 



I hear men say, I did not know how smart my horse 

 was, until I had him clipped. In answer, we would say to 

 them, some snapping cold morning in winter, put on your 

 summer bicycle rig, take a spin of ten or fifteen miles, and 

 I will bet you pound to pence you will beat your own 

 best recoi'd, and find how nice it is to have your overcoat 

 stolen just as winter is coming on. If the poor helpless 

 robbed animal was properly cared for, it would not be 

 as bad. But he is not. 



Often he is seen curled up, shivering, in the cold windy 

 street, while his thoughtless drivers are gossiping around a 

 good warm fire. 



Nature provides the horse with two suits of clothing, a 

 thin one for summer and a thicker one for winter. If the 

 horse is blanketed early in the season and kept generally 

 comfortable, the winter coat will not grow as long and 

 thick as when left to shift for himself. 



Disease. — The horse is liable to many of the same 

 diseases as the human species, and when so attacked 



