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certain he will never stand a severe race ; 

 and whatever you do to him, if you hunt 

 him, he is ever liable to break down in deep 

 ground. However, in case you are deter- 

 mined to try him, the leg must be reduced 

 first as much as it is possible, and then he 

 must be blistered and fired ; but above all, 

 he must have long rest given him, and 

 the whole ivinter's run, in a very dry padock, 

 wherein there is no marshy nor wet ground. 

 The winter's fi^ost and cold air, in a dry 

 padock, will, I believe, perform the greater 

 part of the cure, together with long rest. 



I own the following is a fancy of my in'^'nlver"'^ 

 own, and that I never have tried it ; but in 

 my poor opinion I think it stands to reason. 

 On the former lame leg, the shoe should 

 be made full half an inch thicker at the 

 heel than the shoe on the other foot, to give 

 the injured sinew some additional relief 

 Indeed, I once had a capital cantering 

 hackney fired on both fore-legs. I always 

 shod him at the heel of both feet, much 

 thicker than any other horse ; but then I 

 never cantered him at above the rate of pe^^eat per- 



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ten miles in the hour. He went so com- Hol^es^^ 

 pletely on his haunches, that but litile 



