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them when nearly worn out, and work them till 

 nature sinks. We know of no remedy for this ; 

 but it is pleasing to reflect, that, in the better classes 

 of society, so noble, generous, and useful an animal 

 as the horse, is now freed from many evils to which 

 he was formerly subjected. The short-docking of 

 the cart-horse, the effect of prejudice and ignorance, 

 it being supposed to add strength to his back, is 

 very generally discontinued, and he is allowed the 

 use of a full tail, the only natural defence against 

 the torment of flies in the summer. Those barba- 

 rous operations, nicking the tail, and cropping the 

 ears of pleasure horses, are very seldom had re- 

 course to in Great Britain ; neither is firing the 

 limbs nearly so frequent a remedy as it was, ve- 

 terinary science having substituted other equally 

 efficacious, but less painful means. And, though 

 last, not least, the improved condition, the effect 

 of better stable management, of all horses employed 

 in fast work, whether on the race-course, in the 

 field, or on the road, has very considerably lessened 

 their sufferings. On this subject we offer the fol- 

 lowing remarks : — 



Condition or stable management of the horse. 

 — Nothing has more largely contributed towards 

 the celebrity of the horses of Great Ijritain than 

 the superior management of them in the stable, or 

 what is termed their " condition."" Every species 

 of horse has experienced the benefit of it, and we 

 have reason to believe it has attained perfection 

 under the improved system adapted to each variety 



