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of my own, for she was nearly at her last gasp when her box was 
opened, having been cast with her neck bent nearly double. She 
was always hobbled at night, but was in the daytime, previously 
to this escape, left at liberty. Death from this cause is by no 
means uncommon. When that fine horseman, Mr. Henry Wyatt, 
resided at Clopton House, near Stratford-on-Avon, his famous 
grey mare, for which three hundred guineas had been offered to 
him, was found dead in the morning, from having been cast in 
her box in the night. She had ruptured a large bloodvessel by 
struggling. But the fact is, horses in either stalls or boxes can- 
not be said to be quite safe from accidents in the night, although 
hobbles on the fore-legs are a great safeguard. I remember a 
horse of Major Sayer’s, of Ludlow, which cost him two hundred 
guineas, being found in the agonies of death from the following 
singular cause : — In scratching the side of his face with his hinder 
foot, the calking of the shoe caught fast hold of the tush : down 
went the animal on his back, and in that state he was found by 
the groom, with but little life left in him, from the efforts he had 
made to release himself ! 
Page 85, Ulceration of the Colon. — This case is one very in- 
teresting to me, from many circumstances attending it. I wish, 
however, Mr. Holford had stated two material ones ; — first, how 
the mare had been treated in the summer ; secondly, whether or 
no the eight drachms of aloes had been boiled before made up ; 
and it would have been as well to have mentioned the other ma- 
terials of the dose. Now, I beg to offer a few remarks on this 
unfortunate occurrence. 
It would be absurd to say, that, in the hands of the best groom 
in the world — and no doubt Lord Delamere # would take care to 
have one of the best — a horse may not die solely from the effects 
of physic, although, from the present improved method of ad- 
ministering it, I have reason to believe it is a very rare occur- 
rence, and especially so when the medicine is made up by a 
skilful veterinary surgeon. In fact, under such circumstances, 
a few shillings would be considered sufficient to insure the life of 
Plenipotentiary during each dose of physic. But I am rather at 
a loss to account for one sentence in the detail of this case : 
“ Harrison,” says Mr. Holford, “ had, eight or ten days ago, put 
the hunters through physic.” Now, I thought — indeed, had 
nearly assured myself — that this system of general periodical 
* Mr. Holford calls Lord Delamere the “ aged and veteran sportsman.” 
Worse luck that he is so ! I wish the mark was still in his mouth ; for he is 
the right sort of English gentleman. I was happy to meet him a fortnight 
back, in London, very fresh on his legs, and doubt not his having many 
years still before him. 
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