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Show French Modr op Selkotino HortsfS. A l'aris correspondent ol the Lancaster Farmer says: -"The purchasers olhorscs for the French army always endeavor to obtain a first look at the animal when he is tranquil and in tho stable; noting it the animal BiipporU itaelf equally well on all its legH, and if one seems to yield, to specially examine it; attention atten-tion is then directed to tho largeness of the pupils of tho eye, which ought to be more dilated when in the stable than when exposed to full light. After the animal has been led out of the Btablo, the eye ought to bo again examined to observe il the pupil has contracted; if not, tho sight iH feeble. Other, to lest the power of vision, feign to striko the forehead with the hand. If the hollow ovor tho eyes be profound, and the tomplo gray, old age is to be concluded. Wuiiudd about tho temple suggests attacks o( staggers, and when the end of the nose presents circular sears, it may be concluded that tho horso ban been twitched with a cord to inmiro his quictnosH while boing shod, or having had to submit to some painful operation. |