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stables entail a different life. In the case of Anteeo, the field was 

 circunisci'ibed to 200 feet by 133, with a jog that doubled the latter 

 distance, so that 266 feq| was the longest run he could take. The 

 yard he sometimes ran in vvas 50x133 feet, and when not in these a 

 medium-sized box-stall was his domicile. With no better chance to 

 wear the horn away, the feet would have gi-own long at the toe, sjjlit 

 and broken off. The heels would have got out of all proportion, and 

 undoubtedly more or less contracted. The frog would have shrunk 

 from lack of use, and even the inner portion of the foot between the 

 walls been in an abnormal condition. From the time he was a few 

 months old, his feet have been trimmed to get rid of the excess of 

 growth, and since he was fifteen months old the front pai't has been 

 protected with a tip the greater part of the time. The wall fi-om the 

 tip has-been cut down so that it was only a ti-ifle lower than the 

 frog, so that the " spring " of the quarters would permit the frog to 

 bear its due share of the weight, and no matter how i-agged it be- 

 came, the frog was never cut. When the new frog was ready to re- 

 place the old, there were small hanging fragments which were pulled 

 off, though the knife was never brought into requisition further than 

 to cut away where the tip rested, and the sole back of the tip was left 

 i];itact. This, too, would exfoliate, and when a flake was so loose as 

 to be easily removed, that woxxld also be got rid of by prying it off. 

 For a time I used an instrument which would cut away the horn only 

 where the metal replaced it ; the sole between the wings of the tip 

 would also be left to exfoliate ; but in order to get a true bearing, 

 with only a knife, rasp and file, it was necessary to level that portion. 

 As the cut shows exactly the outline of the sole of the foot, it 

 will be easy to determine the proportion between that and the size of 

 the colt when the measurements are given. Anteeo is a trifle over 

 fifteen and a half hands high, and of more than ordinary substance. 

 His limbs are larger than usual, or, rather, it will be better stated by 

 saying wider. As a general thing, the Electioneers have rather 

 small feet, and I firmly believe that if Anteeo had worn shoes his 

 would be at least half an inch naiTOwer than they are. The width 

 and length are nearly the same, and even a diagonal measurement, as 

 from one heel to a point the same distance on either side of the toe, is 



