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My intention was to make a tip that would project as much at the 

 toe as would make the bearing the same as if the foot were natural, 

 but after seeing the state of his foot, I came to the conclusion that it 

 would not do to attempt putting anything on it that I'equired nailing. 

 I made a boot something like a " soaking boot," but I did not use it, 

 restricting the attention to keeping the foot clean. On the 5th of Jan- 

 uary T applied the biniodide of mercury prej)aration to the coronet. 

 The 14th of Januaiy I again cut away the horn at' the heel, and 

 turned him in the small lot for an hour or two, and this was con- 

 tinued daily until the 26th, when I repeated the blister. This treat- 

 ment was continued, and it was apparent that the blister was not 

 only reducing the enlargement but also stimulating the growth of 

 the horn. By the 29th of March there was such a decided improve- 

 ment that I concluded to commence his education, and led him by 

 the side of X X, and the entry in the joui-nal at that date is : " He 

 astonished me at his readiness, tlie first time he was ever led by the 

 side of a horse, and at the trotting gait he exliibited. He is a trot- 

 ter sui'ely." I led him three times, but fearing that it was too soon 

 to take chances of the foot becoming sore again, he ran in tlie lot 

 part of the time until the 15th of May, when the harness was put 

 on him, and after becoming accustomed to it, by wearing in his 

 stable for some days, he was driven without any vehicle. On 

 the 24th of May he was hitched to the breaking-cart, and on June 

 5th he was driven to the track for the first time, and on the 8th he 

 trotted quarters in 59 and 59^ seconds. On the 11th of June he 

 was fourteen hands and half an inch high ; on the 14th he trotted a 

 quarter in 54 seconds ; the 26th he made the same distance in 50 

 seconds. There is no necessity for giving his work and performances 

 in detail, fui"ther than to state that he also had the pinkeye, which 

 threw him out for a time, and owing to the same causes which pre- 

 vented me from driving Anteeo, he was still moi*e neglected. At 

 the Golden Gate Fair he won the pui'se for yearlings, trotting in 

 3:07; and in the Embryo he was second to Dawn, trotting in 3:02; 

 the time of the winner 2:59. Since then have driven him quarters 

 in 421 and 43 seconds, a half mile in 1:28, and in all these instances 

 he was barefooted. I felt that he might trot faster with tips on his 



