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stwciiiblihg. It may be caused by tenderness of the feet, grog- 

 giness, or old lameness, or habitual carelessness. But the more 

 common cause is heavy-headedness, or the legs being too much 

 under the horse. A stumbler is unfit for the saddle or carrias-e. 

 His place is in a team, at slow, heavy work. 



Some good may be done by keeping the tread well pared 

 down, and the toe as much pared oif as it will bear, or a 

 shoe put on with the toe rounded off about the same that it 

 becomes after two or three weeks' wear on such a horse. It is 

 the result of erect shoulders. 



WEAVING. 



This is an incessant moving of the head fi'om side to side, 

 like the motion of the weaver's shuttle. It is a species of rest- 

 iveness resulting from an uneasy temper and dislike to confine- 

 ment. It may be remedied by tying the horse short ; but such 

 a horse is hard to keep in condition. 



PAWING. 



Some horses of a restless disposition are in the habit of paw- 

 ing violently and incessantly in the stall. The litter and floor 

 of the stall are torn up, the shoes knocked off, the hoofs battered, 

 the foot bruised, and the legs strained. N^o remedy. 



ROLLING. 



Some horses acquire a habit of rolling not only when at grass 

 or in the pound, but in the stall. In the latter case it is 

 attended with some danger, as the horse may become tangled 

 in the halter rein and strangled, or injure himself against the 

 timbers of the stall. No amount of injury he may suffer will 

 break him of the habit. 



The horse should be tied with length enough of halter to 

 lie down, but not enough to let his head lie flat on the ground ; 

 for, in order to roll, the horse has to place his head flat on the 

 ground. 



