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where there is less friction, to destroy tlieir heads, but where 

 their presence uifiicts torture upon the horse, every time he 

 moves, is as irrational and cruel, as it would be to permit 

 nurses to cram children's feet into very tight shoes, to save 

 the trouble of supplying new strings, when the old ones 

 break, or wear out. These things should not be ; and it 

 behoves every horse-master to take the very small trouble of 

 seeing for himself, that they no longer remain so ; for 

 " a merciful man is merciful to his beast. ' 



THE END. 



