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with a snap in the end of it to keep him off. When in his box he 

 had the same inclination — not a particle vicious, as his countenance 

 would indicate good nature, but ready for a frolic at eveiy oi)portu- 

 nity. The bamboo had to be used to snap into his halter-ring, and 

 the halter I fixed so that the bridle could be put on and the halter 

 removed afterwards. This was effected by a buckle on the nose- 

 band ; and it also gave the opportunity to replace it before the 

 bridle was removed. Without this precaution he would try to catch 

 the person bridling him by the leg, exactly similar to the action 

 of a colt when playing with another. This mischievousness doubt- 

 less came from the plays with the boy when a suckling, and the 

 endeavor lo i-emedy it by such severity as people advised would have 

 resulted in confirmed vice. 



At the pi-esent time he is as sedate as need be. Comes to the call 

 of his attendant in the stable, and will walk as decorously as a quiet 

 mare. That there is a change as well in his disposition as in other 

 respects, is apparent, and I feel quite confident that he is a different 

 animal in still more important respects. I drove him December 

 1.5th, and from that time he has been exercised on the road by his 

 gi'oom. On the IStli of this month — January, 1883 — I put tips on 

 him weighing three ounces each, his hind feet bare. On the 21st, 

 2 2d and 23d I drove him to the track in the light cart, having put 

 the tliree and three-fourth ounce toe-weights and quarter-boots on 

 him, and for the first time in his history I could move him through 

 the stretch after jogging him a couple of miles. He not only would 

 go through the stretch, but after being stopped and turned around, 

 he would strike a fast gait in a few strides, and I feel confident that 

 he never trotted faster. Should this favorable conduct be a perma- 

 nent regeneration I have the utmost confidence in Anteeo proving 

 that tips can be carried fast at a trotting gait. Everyone who sees 

 him admits that his legs and feet could not be in better condition, 

 and that this is owing to his foot never having been hampered with 

 a shoe I implicitly believe. 



While the history of Antevolo, brother to Anteeo, has not so 

 direct a bearing on the question of shoeing as that of the older, 

 there is still a lesson that is proper to repeat in connection with the 



