GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 9 



disadvantages under which he will work are 

 in no way so clearly illustrated as in his effi- 

 ciency when exposed to the evils of shoeing. 

 Placed upon heel-calks, to slip about and 

 catch with wrenching force in the interstices 

 of city pavements, or loaded with iron-clogs, 

 to give him "knee-action " and to " untie his 

 shoulders," he bravely faces his discomforts 

 and does to the best of his ability his master's 

 will. 



How quickly his active system responds to 

 intelligent care and shows its beneficial re- 

 sults! And when relieved from the abuses 

 of ignorance, his recuperative powers re-es- 

 tablish the springing step of youth. 



