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Has not the missionary with his dainty white skin, 

 a high courage to put his tempting self within 

 reach of their long arms, much as he may wish to 

 convert them to more civilized dishes and ways?" 



He has indeed. But to return, do you find a 

 creditable amount of knowledge among the veter- 

 inarians here? 



*' Until within a comparatively recent period very 

 few have ever been out of America, unless imported 

 from Europe. They did not possess stables of their 

 own and were mostly interested only as hired physi- 

 cians-not as owners of valuable horses. The finest 

 racers in this country come from the least pretentious 

 stables, as a stricter, closer personal attention is ex- 

 ercised by the proprietor, and important needs are 

 not left to the grooms. " 

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