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Exercise sound judgment by purchasing a horse suited 

 to the business required of him. Some horses are good 

 saddle-horses, but miofht not make ixood cart-horses. 



If a horse cribs, drive a few three-ounce tacks through 

 the throat-latch of the halter, so that the points are in- 

 ward toward the neck, when the throat-latch is buckled 

 moderately tight. As he attempts to crib, the swell of 

 the neck causes him to be pricked, which admonishes him 

 to quit. 



Trotters go in all forms as well as runners. 



Have your harness fit your horse. The greatest care 

 should be observed that every strap should be in the right 

 place, and every billet buckled in the right hole. When 

 on, the whole suit to fit like a glove, without confining the 

 animal by pressure ; the bit drawn close in the angles of 

 the mouth ; the blinds to have the right set ; the breast- 

 collar to come above the point of the shoulder, without 

 encroaching on the wind-pipe ; the back pad where the 

 withers and swelling of the ribs make it sit easily ; the 

 breeching on a level with the stifle ; the martingal long. 



