68 THE HORSE. 



really more like the restless habits of confined animals in 

 a menagerie. AVeaving is generally contracted tliiough 

 idleness^ and is frequently learnt on board ship. Weav- 

 ers are mostly nervous horses, full of energy, good work- 

 ers, and Sound. 



TO CURE WEAVING. 



The same steps may be taken to cure weaving, as are 

 mentioned in the preceding article: m addition, it is well 

 to fasten the horse with tv/o pillar reins attach.ed respec- 

 tively to each side of the halter, and tight enough to j^re- 

 vent him from swinging or swaying. 



DULLNESS. 



Having examined the more general reasons for reject- 

 ing horses at sale, we have now to consider causes of sec- 

 ondary importance, yet such as must receive attention. 



The nostril is one of the most important parts of the 

 horse to be attended to: it is much overlooked. There 

 are many horses that are called dull, sorry jades, who 

 will be found to go for a short distance good-humoredly 

 and at a good pace, and then draw in, bearing a severe pun- 

 ishment rather than improve their pace. '' AYhat a dull, 

 lazy brute it is!" cries its owner, but in reality he is 

 neither dull nor lazy. The cause of his difficulty lies m 

 the smallness of his nostril, which is not sufficiently 

 large to permit enough air to pass up for purifying the 

 blood as it passes through the animal's lungs. The con- 

 sequence is, that with every increase of speed the animal 

 siiffors acute pam. This too small nostril is the cause of 

 slowness or dullness in all inferiorly-bred horses. 



