A Fact In Regard Horses

Tbero iperhaps no nvru tnarktd exhibition of nature's law of adaplatioo of meana to cuds. or oí' BUpply to iraslej than is shown in t lic arrangement cf the horee's foot. TIkto termínate t lie vnrious duets of communica'.ioD ind supply, ronderiug it a point in ttie animal econ otnj of no litilo inoportauce. ïlic estremity of the limb being of sueh a vitai character, and coming in contact vvith the ground, noeda proleotion ; accordinsfly the hoof is conatructed espse ially, it a.ppears, to prevent injuring ihe inuer portions of the foot in coming in eontact agíiinst the ground,fn(l not with regard to injury froin above or un thïsidos of the foot ; a consistent faotj since, in the state of nature, these portions of the foot are not subjost to inju,ry any more than the rest of the auimul. Tho direction and arrangement of lic fibre f tlie hoof prove thi pnint, s do practical tests also. A iidil driven into the wall of the hoof f rom below, on account of this arrangement of tha libre, occasions no puin, but a nail cliuohed on the top or side of the hoof with a ham mar, induces pain, and in soine inatanccB where horses havo heen lame from no apparent cause, it h;ts been ïiuijkly the result of an inuer irritatioD, caused by poundmg tho hoof. Thia is an important point, and should not bo orcrlooked bj horsemen. An anangenient by vhich the nails on a horse's hoof could be clinched without uúng a hammer, would