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in the daytime, as if kept on at night the horse will 

 not lie down. 



ROLLING. 



Horses that roll in the stable are apt to be injured 

 from want of sufficient room, and also to get entangled 

 in the halter ; and, strange as it may appear, although 

 he may get severely hurt and be nearly choked by the 

 halter, he will repeat it night after night. The only 

 thing which will prevent him from rolling, is to give 

 him just enough of collar to enable him to lie down, 

 but so short that his head will not touch the ground, 

 because it is impossible he can roll over without rest- 

 ing his head upon the ground. If a horse is in a field, 

 rolling is a harmless and even healthful amusement. 



WEAVING. 



Animals of an impatient, irritable temper, that dis- 

 like confinement in a stable, will sometimes keep 

 moving their head, neck, and body to and fro, like the 

 motion of a weaver's shuttle : these have been called 

 weavers. Such horses seldom or never carry much 

 flesh, from their fretful temper and incessant move- 

 ment. The only preventive is to tie the head close 

 up, except when feeding. 



TRIPPING. 



Innumerable attempts have been made to cure this 

 dangerous quality in a horse, but few indeed have 

 been the cures. It is only a waste of time to enumerate 

 these. The true remedy is to get quit of the horse. 



