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direction ; the arm and leg of good length in proportion with the canon 
ones the muscles of the thigh and croup well developed. All the ar¬ 
ticulations must be wide, well developed and supple in proportion with 
eir resisting power to the violent efforts they must support.” 
In conclusion of this description, Prof. Reul says : 
‘‘Whatever maybe the anatomical beauty of a hackney, its great 
value remains in the brilliancy of its gait; he must know hL to ham 
IS legs (lever la patte) and carry them in all their extension • he 
must, so to speak, trot in the air ; his most curious apd^^rt; Jo 
fnd dJwn?® 'T gaits, walking 
and trotting galloping ,s hard to him, and he only takes it undeJ 
pressure, and when he has lost control of himself. ” 
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The IJsE OF Arecoline in Acute Laminitis.—T he 
many serious sequete that are so common after an attack of 
aminitis, the fact that in many instances they disable horses 
and not uncommonly render them useless, have often justified 
• *i7!i*”* prognosis that has to be given when a veterinarian 
IS called to attend an animal suffering with disease of one, two 
or four extremities ; and if one looks over the therapeutics rec¬ 
ommended to control the inflammation, to prevent the compli¬ 
cations the deformities that may follow ; if he is embarrassed. 
It IS not for the want of forms of treatment, but in the selection 
of he one which would be likely to bring him the best results, 
and that in the shortest time possible. For many it is the old 
pneral depletive treatment, for others the strong cathartics ; 
for this one the diuretics, for that one the diaphoretics ; one will 
ignore local treatment, another will direct his attention to the 
eet almost exclusively ; and with any, no matter how carefully 
le treatment is applied, complications are not impossible. 
Fven with the simple form which we believe is altogether of 
inerican birth, that of the administration of large doses of ill- 
trate of potassium, serious accidents have occurred. 
The iniportant fact in the result of the treatment is to sub¬ 
due the inflammatory process at the earliest date, to control its 
e ect, to hasten it rapidly and to avoid those modifications which 
