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CONCTJJDING OBSERVATIONS. 



Hint to post 

 and roach pro 

 prieturs. 



Tlie vnst im- 

 portance of 

 side-nailed 

 shoeing in 

 racing esta- 

 blishments to 

 the undeve- 

 loped and 

 growing foot 

 incalculable. 



The author's 



reasons for ima- 

 gining tlial it 

 will be ho- 

 noured with a 

 fair trial in the 

 Britishcavulry. 



other countries, owing; to tlie excellence of our 

 roads, and the forced condition of powerful blood 

 horses, I would ask. When these foregoing facts be- 

 come known and understood by the public, where 

 is the post or coach-master, in any corner of these 

 kino^doms, who niiaht not turn them to a o-ood ac- 

 count before the next day passed over his liead ? 



To noblemen and gentlemen of the turf, breeders 

 of racing studs more especially , whose tact for ob- 

 servation and acuteness in these matters are pro- 

 verbial, I need not add another word by way of 

 recommendation of the system, as I feel quite con- 

 fident that its own intrinsic merit, without any 

 farther effort on my part, will secure the adoption 

 of the plan in racing establishments, although I am 

 well aware it will first of all have to perform an 

 Herculean task ; that is, to render the prejudice of 

 the stud-groom, for once, powerless. 



Upon the feet of our cavalry horses I Hatter n)y- 

 self that this method of nailing, ere long, w ill be 

 honoured with a lair trial : its several pretensions 

 have been already noticed in these pages ; but I 

 hope my readers will excuse a repetition on one 

 point, as applying particularly to regiments of ca- 

 valry. These horses being always kept up in con- 

 dition, they necessarily spend the greater part of 

 their time in the stable, unless enoaoed in actual 

 service. I have endea^'(nlred to prove that contrac- 

 tion of the foot of the horse, instead of being a dis- 



