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floor of the stable broken up, the shoes worn out, the feet bruised, 

 and the legs sometimes sprained. If this habit does not exist to 

 any great extent, yet the stable never looks well. Shackles are 

 the only remedy, with a chain sufficiently long to enable the horse 

 to shift his posture, or move in his stall ; but these must be taken 

 off at night, otherwise the animal will seldom lie down. Ex- 

 cept, however, the horse possesses peculiar value, it will be better 

 to dispose of him at once, than to submit to the danger and incon- 

 venience that he may occasion. 



QUIDDING. 



A horse will sometimes partly chew his hay, and suffer it to 

 drop from his mouth. If this does not proceed from irregular 

 teeth, which it will be the business of the veterinary surgeon to 

 rasp down, it will be found to be connected with sore-throat, and 

 then the horse, will exhibit some other symptoms of indisposition, 

 and particularly, the swallowing of water will be accompanied by 

 a peculiar gulping effort. In this case, the disease (catarrh, with 

 Bore-throat) must be attacked, and the quidding will cease. 



ROLLING. 



This is a very pleasant and perfectly safe amusement for a 

 horse at grass, but cannot be indulged in the stable without the 

 chance of his being dangerously entangled with the collar-rein 

 (halter) and being cast. Yet, although the horse is cast, and 

 bruised, and hali-strangled, he will roll again on the following 

 night and continue to do so as long as he lives. The only remedy 

 is not a very pleasant one lor the horse, nor always quite safe ; 

 yet it must be had recourse to, if the habit of rolling is inveter- 

 ate. " The horse," says Mr. Castley, " should be tied with length 

 enough of halter to lie down, but not to allow of his head resting 

 on the ground ; because, in order to roll over, a horse is obliged 

 to place his head quite down upon the ground." * 



SHYING. 



We have briefly treated of the cause of this vice at page 66, 

 and observed that while it is often the result of cowardice, or 

 playfulness, or want of work, it is at other times the consequence 

 of a defect of sight. It has been remarked, and we believe very 

 truly, that shying is oftener a vice of half or quarter-bred horses, 

 than of those who have in them more of the genuine racing blood. 



In the tieatment of shying, is it of great importance to distin- 

 guish between that which is the consequence of defective sight. 



