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Bits Used in Educating Horses Addicted to Bad 



Habits. 



Ko. 1, To PREVENT A Horse getting his Tongue over the 

 Bit. — Take a piece of leather, say three inches long, an inch and 

 a half wide, and drill two holes in a straight bit ; now rivet this 

 leather on the top of the bit, after which sprinkle on the upper 

 side some pulverized rosin, and take a hot iron and pass over it 

 so as to form a coating. Allow your horse to wear this bit say 

 six or eight days when driving, and he will by that time be suf- 

 ficiently taught to abandon the habit. 



No. 2. Lolling the Tongue. — Take an ordinary straight bit 

 of five-eights of an inch in diameter and drill two holes, each one 

 three-quarters of an inch fii'om the center : then get a piece of 

 very small chain, attach iron bullets, about the size of ordinary 

 leaden bullets used in guns, suspend them not more than one and 

 a half inches from the bit. Now use the bit, every time you drive 

 your horse, for ten days. 



No. 3. To Cure a Horse of Sucking "Wind. — A horse that has 

 acquired the habit of sucking wind is truly to be detested, as it is 

 oftentimes attended with fatal results, and when once thoroughly 

 settled, great difficulty has been experienced in removing the 

 habit. The method I have introduced of treating this habit has 

 proved successful in most cases. 



Take a piece of small gas-pipe, say from five- eighths to three- 

 quarters of an inch in diameter, the ordinary length of a bit ; 

 heat it and circle it a little, then drill on the upper side equal 

 distances apart from each end; also drill three holes on the 

 upper side, making each hole between an eighth and a quarter 

 of an inch in diameter, and attach a ring near each end and 

 allow your horse to wear this when driving, say for at least 

 from ten to twenty days or until the habit is removed. 



No. 4. To Cure a Side-Reiner, one that Pulls heavily on 

 ONE Rein. — Take a plain, jointed bit, remove one-half of the part 

 used in the mouth and supply a small chain from the side ring to 

 to the center joint, now on the side that the animal pulls place 



