1 68 HORSES. 



from which the hoof originates, analogous to the soft 

 core of hollow horns and the matrix of nails." 



AUTHOR'S GENERAL NOTE. 



|3P t ~ The reception accorded to this book by horse- 

 men and the trade, and the favor with which it has 

 been received by agricultural and sporting papers, 

 has been so phenomenal that no sooner was the first 

 full edition fairly off the press than a second is de- 

 manded. I am especially glad of this, for it has given 

 me the opportunity to thus speedily make a certain 

 correction on page 40 relating to contagious diseases. 



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