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ear. To keep the legs still, while you are 

 trimming him, a person should hold up one. 

 while you trim the other. If a hind leg, a 

 side-line may be put on to draw up the leg 

 you are not trimming. These are the usual 

 expedients, but should only be put in practice 

 when the Horse cannot be coaxed to stand 

 without them. The most resolute and trou- 

 blesome Horse to trim I ever saw, was se- 

 cured in a stall with two strong halters, the 

 one put on in the usual way, the other as a 

 gag through his mouth. With these he was 

 turned about in the stall, and one halter was 



tied to each stall-post so tight, that his head 

 was confined in the middle, in such a manner 

 that he had little or no liberty to move it in 

 any direction. The consequence was, the 

 Horse made one resolute effort to extricate 

 himself; but finding himself secured, and the 

 gag punishing him the more he struggled, he 

 was cowed, and submitted to be thus held, 

 while trimmed. 



Plenty of litter in the stall is advisable, as it 

 may prevent accidents in the Horse's strug- 

 gling. 



