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is brought forward that has some other trifling ailment, 

 and he is sent back with the remark, " Put him in ; 

 that's quite enough ! " A useless one may, probably, 

 be brought forward next. He is sound, because there 

 is not even a bump, speck, spot, or blemish upon 

 him ! He is accepted with " That will do/' The 

 secret why such an one is so purchasable has to be 

 learned. It is, however, most frequently the case 

 that the horse has no pluck, or is too weak to hurt 

 his limbs. He can never do a day's work, and costs 

 more for nursing, petting, and physicking, than it would 

 take to keep two useful ones ; yet the latter are always 

 " ready/' For this reason, we must have a distinct 

 class of horses : the second-hand horses, or the " used 

 ones " as they are generally called, and these should 

 be warranted as "used horses," that is, as showing 

 some signs of having done work. They will, how- 

 ever, be treated upon, and more particularly described, 

 in another part of this work. 



Wind-Suckin g. 



This habit is somewhat similar to crib-biting, except 

 that the horse does not take hold of anything, and 

 that the noise frequently differs slightly. It is a species 

 of crib-biting, and is more difficult to cure, as the 

 horse is out of condition when it is addicted to wind- 

 sucking. The muzzle is of no use in this case, and to 

 effect a cure the same discipline must be observed as 



