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but I imagine they will soon have to do so, according to the 
Royal Artillery system ; but of course a farrier serjeant, and 
six shoeing smiths, will then be allowed to each battery, 
instead of only two farriers as at present. 
In some regiments the horses are not shod behind at all, 
except when on the line of march on hard roads. In the 
Artillery, the leaders and centre horses are only shod before 
in cantonments, but the pole horses, and those ridden as 
detachment horses, are shod all round. The object of not 
shoeing behind is to render the effects of kicks less serious. 
The feet are not found to suffer from being without shoes 
while employed in ordinary parade work on the grassy plain, 
or even where the soil is sandy. 
In conclusion I would submit, that the more we simplify 
the shoes of horses and the mode of attaching them, having 
of course due regard to the anatomy and physiology of the 
foot, the more satisfactory will be the result to the animal, 
to his owner, and to ourselves. I think a very unnecessary 
fuss is made about this well-worn subject of shoeing horses. 
Our chief aim should be to divest our minds of all hobby¬ 
horse theories, and to follow the dictates of common sense, 
united with scientific knowledge and practical experience. 
I am, gentlemen, 
Yours very truly. 
To the Editors of the ‘Veterinarian 
PARTIAL DIVISION OF THE TENDO PERFORATUS 
AND PERFORANS, THE RESULT OF AN ACCI¬ 
DENT. 
Ulverstone; February 5, 1862. 
My dear Sir, — I forwarded you yesterday a portion of 
the tendo perforatus and perforans of a horse, the history of 
which case is as follows. On the 10th December, 1861, I 
was requested to attend a brown, half-bred horse, fifteen 
hands high, and four years old, the property of the Lindal 
Moor Mining Company, of the value of forty guineas. 
Upon reaching the place, which was eleven miles distant, 
I found upon enquiry that the horse had been sent there for 
the purpose of being broken to saddle and harness, and that 
he was of a very sullen and extremely irritable temper. He 
was led out into the yard for the purpose of putting the 
harness on him, and whilst this was being done, he very 
suddenly threw himself down, in doing which the foot of the 
