114 DISEASES OF THE HORSE’S FOOT 
and endeavour in his explanation to strike the happy 
mean. 
We hold, further, that the animal who has previously 
been accustomed to fast work, and to work entailing a large 
call upon the sense of touch when passing over rough and 
uneven ground, will be far more likely, in his neurectomized 
condition, to give satisfaction to his owner if put to a slower 
and a more suitable means of earning his living. . 
