CHAPTER XI— Continued. 

 Reason for Want of Correction — History of Anteeo. 



It may appear soiiiewliat egotistical for the writer to illusti'ate the 

 lessons on shoeing with histories of his own horses, but owing to the 

 absence of other data, that course is forced upon him, and without 

 entering into minute, and, perhaps, in some cases, tedious descrip- 

 tions, the explanations would not be clear. The few which were 

 available for experiments have necessarily extended the time to, a 

 long period, and it is now six years since the departure was made. 

 In every case, excepting the one which will be the subject of this 

 chapter, the animals experimented with had worn full shoes, and 

 though this gave the opportunity of contrasting the systems, it is 

 evident that others were needed to show the . benefits which would 

 follow from the functions of the foot never having been interfered 

 with. The colt, Anteeo, gave this opportunity, and so far as can be 

 determined by a trial extending from the time he was nearly four- 

 teen months old until now, when thirty-four lunar revolutions have 

 elapsed since the date of his birth. The history of these twenty 

 months of childhood had to be quite full in order to give, with clear- 

 ness, the state of the case, and, in order to show our friend the actual 

 eveiy-day life, without the trouble of going over the pages of the 

 journal, the information was condensed into the following synopsis : 



Anteeo was foaled on the 5th day of May, 1879. This being 

 rather a " late colt " for California, we determined not to breed the 

 mare, and permitted him to suck as long as it was deemed beneficial, 

 though after he was six months old, it would have been as well to 

 wean him, and the two months more were of little benefit. Before 



