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treatment, in such cases, is far better than the usual one- 

 by poultices and vrarm fomentations, which encourage 

 suppuration, and may possibly give rise to open joint :. 

 an eventuality for which the other is the best preventa- 

 tive, as the swollen condition of the part causes closure 

 of the orifice. The blister, by determining blood to- 

 the vicinity of the wound, hastens the natural reparative 

 action. 



At this meeting, Mr. MacDougall commenced pro- 

 ceedings by winning the hurdle-race on his black Waler,. 

 Pistol, but lost the big steeplechase on the same animal 

 by the silly mistake of going the wrong side of a flag — 

 on his own course, too, which he knew as well as the 

 regimental riding-school ! Mr. Anderson's Dwarroon,. 

 who had been a few months before imported from the- 

 Colonies, where he was considered to be about the 

 second or third best horse " between the flags " in 

 Australia, was entered for this chase. On quitting the 

 starter, Dwarroon, who ^\•as a very hot favourite, rushed 

 to the front, and, racing over the fences in grand style,. 

 was leading about 100 yards in the first mile. lie had,. 

 however, gone the wrong side of a post, and was followed 

 in the excitement of the moment by Mr. MacDougall ;. 

 while the jockey Stratford on the despised Nimblefoot 



