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forward next. He is sound, because there is not even a 

 bump, speck, spot, or blemish upon him! He is accepted 

 with — ^^That will do." The secret why such an one is so 

 purchasable has to be learned. It is, however, most fre- 

 quently the case that the horse has no pluck, or is too 

 weak to hurt his limbs. He can never do a day's work, 

 and costs more for nursing, petting, and physicking, 

 than it would take to keep tAvo useful ones; yet the latter 

 are always "ready." For this reason, we must have a 

 distinct class of horses: the second-hand horses, or the 

 " used ones," as they are generally called, — and these 

 should be warranted as " used horses," — that is, as show- 

 ing some signs of having done work. They will, how- 

 ever, be treated upon, and more particularly described, 

 in another part of this work. 



WIND-SUCKIISTG. 



This habiu is somewliat similar to crib-biting, except 

 that the horse does not take hold of anything, and that 

 the noise frequently differs slightly. It is a species of 

 crib-biting, and is more difficult to cure, as the horse is 

 out of condition when it is addicted to wind-suckmg. 

 The muzzle is of no use in this case, and to effect a cure 

 the same discipline must be observed as that recommend- 

 ed for crib-biting. Sometimes crib-biting degenerates into 

 wmd-sucking, which latter disease is caused by rubbing 

 over the manger filthy and greasy messes, in oi'der to pre- 

 vent the horse from biting the wood. The disease of 

 wind-sucking renders the horse Uksound. 



WEAVING. 



Weaving is a habit of moving from side to side in the 

 stall, something in the manner of a weaver's shuttle, but 



