In the Stable, Field, and on the Road. LSI 



of the head in an opposite direction, down comes the 

 whip or in go the spurs, when the animal plunges 

 forward, and is then met with a chop in the mouth with 

 the bit and pinched underneath with the curb, or sawn 

 from side to side if driven with a snaffle. No man should 

 " saw " a horse unless it is in the act of running away. 



DISEASES OF THE TEETH OF HORSES. 



Very little is known about the teeth of the horse 

 as far as regards their diseases, yet the writer is we 

 convinced that the horse, like man, often suffers con 

 siderably by disease of the teeth. Many horses have 

 come under his observation that were reduced to mere 

 skeletons through bad teeth. This is a part of 

 veterinary work that is often overlooked when examin- 

 ing a horse, and many horses are physicked and 

 drenched with medicine for imaginary complaints of the 

 liver, when with a little careful examination the evil 

 would be found to be the result of a hollow tooth. 

 Horses that have bad teeth generally have a dull, heavy 

 appearance, frequently taking a mouthful of hay or corn 

 and partly chewing it, then let it drop ; they will open 

 their mouth and move the tongue about from side to 

 side, and let the corn fall out as if they had got a stone 

 in with the corn. It is not often that rot takes place, 

 from the fact that the constant use of the grinders in 

 chewing grain or straw wears them down to their natural 

 form, yet many horses are found by that same practice 

 with their teeth as sharp as a lance on the edges, and 

 the edges worn unevenly. This cuts the inside of the 



