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and running races in harness, worii toe-weiglits, side-weights, under- 

 gone all kinds of expeiiments, hacked about to all sorts of vehicles, 

 and with occasional long drives and quite rapid ones. According to 

 your ideas the foot should be ruined beyond hope of redemption. 

 You acknowledge that the outward form is nearly perfect ; it would 

 be entirely so if he had never worn shoes ; and now we will look for 

 the bruises which a short time ago vou said were sure to be found." 

 It cut readily, and the knife sliced off a piece from the shoulder to 

 the heel and about a sixteenth of an inch thick. It was from the 

 inside quarter, and beneath it the horn did not show a particle of 

 discoloration, as had been the case at the toe. We handed it to him, 

 and he bent and twisted it, put it between his teeth to test the 

 toughness, noted the width of the frog and the india-i-ubber-like 

 elasticity it displayed. After a minute and careful examination he 

 admitted that his previous opinions were certainly erroneous, but 

 before he made many remarks I interi-upted him, with a request 

 that he should pay me another visit in a week from that time, when 

 a new set of tips were to be put on Anteeo, as I desired to show him 

 a perfect foot. That of X X had been injured by wearing shoes, 

 and came very near breaking down on that account, while the colt 

 has never worn shoes in front. 



