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CHAPTER XVII. 



STABLE VICES. 



Difficult and vicious to catch Hanging back on the head-stall 

 Kicking Kicking at night Pawing at night Pawing back 

 the litter Rubbing the tail Sleeping standing. 



Difficult and vicious to catch. If the animal be 

 viciously inclined, make him quiet by the methods 

 described in the preceding chapters. Teach him to 

 come up to you when you call him (see page 261) ; 

 and to turn his quarters away from you, when you 

 approach him (see page 87). 



Hanging back on the head-stall. The Americans 

 employ the crupper leading-rein (see page 148), to 

 hitch up a horse given to this fault. I have been 



