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corn which the breaker finds useful in the case of determined rearers is 

 also of service in the stable when a horse refuses to be drenched or 

 "balled" and strikes out with his front legs. 



Here an ordinary corn sack is about half-filled with heavy oats or maize, 

 and the ends firmly secured to a harness collar (previously put on the 

 animal's neck) in such a manner that the contents are suspended in front 



Fig. 497.— The Travis 



of the creature's knees. He cannot strike, and it is with difficulty he can 



rear. 



The horsedrair crupper is a useful restrainer. but belongs rather to the 

 cure of vice than that of disease. 



Tiie travis (fig. 497) — a fixed apparatus seldom seen at the present day, 

 though in general use formerly at all country smithies — is an arrangement 

 of posts and rails, in length rather less than that of a horse's body, and 

 in width only sufficient to permit those of large size to enter. By means 

 of bars, straps, and cords a restive animal can be secured in a variety of 



