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strawyard. By the time he had been out a week he took a cold, 
and was taken up and treated for it. In a few weeks, after the 
blister had completely worked off his leg, he became sound, and 
under moderate work continued so until the following spring. On 
the 20th March on the following year he was again admitted into 
the infirmary for lameness in the same (near) fore foot. Again he 
was submitted to treatment, and again — on the 15th of May fol- 
lowing — sent out, nearly sound, to be led out every day until he 
had quite recovered the use of his ailing foot. No more complaint 
was made of him until February 1845, when he was sent a fourth 
time for lameness. A couple of months’ treatment once more re- 
stored him, but not for so long a period as before ; for in September of 
the same year (1845) he returned again, but now lame in the off 
fore foot. A fortnight’s treatment, however, rendering him sound, 
he was sent away to duty again. Knowing his great suscepti- 
bility of lameness, and being a horse of fine showy make, he was 
specially favoured in his duty, being as much as possible preserved 
from any hard work; and in this manner was he kept up, going very 
tolerably sound for nearly two years longer. Last May (1847), 
however, he failed in both fore feet, having become completely 
groggy, though still, of the two, lamer in the near fore foot. 
In February 1837, E 15 (Corp. Lawrence’s horse) was attacked 
with navicularthritis in the near fore foot ; but after standing with- 
out his shoe in warm baths and poultices, and having cathartic 
medicine, was at the end of a week restored to soundness. Ten 
days, however, had not passed before he returned lame again 
in the same foot; and this time had sharper treatment, occupy- 
ing a month. His soundness endured until the middle of June. 
Now, however, he was lame for the third time in the same (the 
near fore) foot ; and this time, after being strongly blistered, was 
turned to strawyard. Having run there during the autumn, he 
was taken up about Christmas once more sound ; and after this re- 
mained so until the beginning of February 1839, when for the first 
time he shewed lameness in the off fore foot. He was now bled 
in this foot, and afterwards blistered in both legs, and again turned 
into strawyard. In the middle of March he was taken up, and 
made a “ convalescent,” i. e. remaining without work in his stable; 
going now what is called “ feeling” in both fore feet. In Decem- 
ber 1840, having latterly been doing nothing but walking, when- 
ever it came to his turn, backwards and forwards to the Horse 
Guards from Hyde Park barracks, he failed completely in both 
fore feet. Being a very fine horse, it was desirable to make every 
effort to save him ; and, accordingly, once more he was received 
under treatment, though now with no hopes of success beyond 
that of mitigation of the pain in his feet. This time, also, his 
