662 Dli- CHASE'S RECIPES. 



weed called arse-smart, a small handful, bruise it, and add to it about a half 

 pint of water; use it as a wash until the soreness is removed, when the hair 

 will grow entirely white. — Cncket on the Hearth. 



lieinarks. — If this will do the work on the feet, of which I have not a 

 doubt, it will do the same upon the forehead, and in either case will do the 

 horse no harm. 



Kicking and Runaway Horses— How to Cure of the Habit.— 

 The Kicking. — If you have a horse which is accustomed to knocking out the 

 dash-board with his heels, when things do not work to please him, proceed as 

 follows: " Place around his neck a band like that used for riding with a mar- 

 tingale. Then take two light straps (made for the purpose) and buckle them to 

 the bits, on each side, and pass them through the neck-band, and also inside the 

 girth, and buckle them securely to each fetlock of the hind feet, taking care, 

 in the making, to have them of the proper length. When a horse is rigged in 

 this manner, if he attempts to ' kick up behind,' each effort will jerk his head 

 down in such a way as to astonish him, perhaps throw him over his head. He 

 will make but a few attempts to kick when he finds his head thus tied to hi3 

 heels, and two or three lessons will cure him altogether." 



F<»' the Runatcay. — The method for the runaway is equally simple and 

 effectual: "First of all, fasten some thick pads upon your horse's knees, then 

 buckle a strap, about the size of a rein, upon each fetlock forward, and pass 

 the straps through the hame rings or some part of harness near the shoulder 

 on each side and lead the straps back to the driver's hand as he sits 

 in the buggy. He has thus four reins in hand. Start the animal without 

 fear; don't worry him with a strong pull upon the bit, but talk to him 

 friendly. When he attempts to run, he must, of course, bend his forward legs. 

 Now pull sharply one of the foot reins, and the effect will be to raise one of his 

 forward feet to his shoulder. He is a three-legged horse now, and when he has 

 gone on in that way a little distance drop the constrained foot and jerk up the 

 other. He can not run faster on three legs than you can ride, and when you 

 have tired him on both sides pretty thoroughly, or if he refuses to take his 

 trot kindly and obey your voice and a moderate pull on the bit, you can raise 

 both his fore feet, drop him upon his knees, and let him make a few bounds in 

 that position. The animal will soon find that he can not run away; that he 

 is completely in your power, and by soothing words you will also be able 

 to convince him that you are his friend. He will soon obey your commands, 

 and will be afraid to extend himself for a run. Within a week or two some 

 horses that were quite valuable animals in respect to everything but their 

 bad habits of kicking and running in harness, were cured by methods 

 described above." — Boston Herald. 



Remarks.— These plans, if managed skillfully, must prove effectual and 

 satisfactory; and they ought to be generally known, for there are many 

 horses given to one or both of these viciously evil habi 



Digestion of the Horse Compared with that of the Ox, 

 Showing How Each Should be Fed,— The study of the physiology of 

 the horse, as compared with that of the ox and other animals, is calculated to 



