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throat of piinislunoTit, will bo ]ii<:;lily iinpropor. Tt is only timid or 

 lii_i;li-spii-i|,(Ml lioi-scs tliat iKupiirc; ijiis liaMi, and roiii;li uhm^h-, iiivarialdy 

 in(M-c;is('s tJKMr .-ii^ilatioii and terror. 



Slippili;^ till'/ (Joljiir or llullcr. Tiiis is a tri( 1< at wlii(;li many lior.sca 

 aro Po clever, that .soarocdy a nijrlit pa.ssos witliout their ^((t.tinjj; loose. 

 It is a very vsorious habit, for it enables the horse Hometinies to Jj^orjro 

 liimself with food, to the imminent danger of stMgg(!rH ; or it expos(!s 

 him, as he wanders abont, to be kicked and injured by tlie other horses, 

 while his restlessn(!ss will often keep the whole team awake. If the 

 web of the halter, beiiiir first accurately fitted to his neck, is sntTered to 

 slip only one way, or a strap is attacdied to the halter and buckled round 

 the neck, but not sufliciently tiglit to be of serious inconvtinienco, the 

 power of slipping tin; (collar will be taken away. 



TripplM?. — II(;inustl)e a skillful practitioner or a mere pnitendor vvlio 

 promises to remedy this habit. If it arises from a heavy fo)(!liand, and 

 the fore-legs being too much under the horse, no one can alter the nat- 

 ural frame of tin; animal; if it procecids from tenderness of the foot, 

 grogginesH, or old lameness, these ailments art; s('Mom cured. Also if it 

 IS to be tracked to habitual carelessness and idleness, no whipping will 

 rouse the drorio. A known stuird)ler should nev(!r be ridden or driven 

 by any one who valui^s his saf(;ty or his life A tight hand or a strong 

 bearing rv.iu arc; precautions that should not be negl(;cted, althougli tluiy 

 are generally of litfh; avail; for the inv(!t(;rate stuird)I<!r will rarely bo 

 able to save himscdf, and this tight rein may sooner and farther preci[)i- 

 tate the ri<Ier. If nfter a trip the horse; suddeidy starts forward, and 

 endeavors to break into a short trot or canter, th(; ri<ler or driver may 

 be assured that others before him have fruitl(;ssly end('avor(;(J to rem(;dy 

 the nuisance. 



If the stumblcr h;is tin; foot kept as sliort, and the to(; pared as close 

 as safety will pcirmit, and the shoe is rounded at the toe or has thafc 

 sha[)e given to it which it naturally acxpiires in a forttiight, from the 

 peculiar action of su.;h a horse, the animal may not stumble; (piito so 

 much; or if the disease wliich produced the habit can be alleviated, 

 some trilling good may be done, but in almost every case a stumblcr 

 should be got rid of, or put to slow and heavy work. ]f the latter al- 

 ternative is adopted, he may trip as much as ho pleases, for the weight 

 of tin; load and the motion of the oth(;r horses will k(;(;p him u|»on his 

 lt'g«. 



Weaving?. — This consists in a motion of the; head, nee,k, an<l body from 

 side to side, like the shuttle; of a w<!aver [)assing through the web, and 

 lience tin; n;i,me which is given to this p(;culiar and incessant anel un- 

 ])leasant action. It indie.at(!S an impatient, irritable t(!mper and a dis- 

 like to the confinement of the; stable;. A horse; that is thus ine;e;ssantly 

 on the fret will se;lelom carry flesh, or 1)0 safe to rieh; or drive;. 'J'he'ro is 

 no c\ire fe)r it ]>ut the close tying up of the; animal, or at le-ast allowing 

 Iiim but one lextse reifi, e;xce![)t at teeiding-timc;. 



SOUNDNESS, AND Till] IMiRCIIAM'] AND SALK OF HORSES.— The-re are 

 few sources e>t greiate^i- jinnejyjuicc, l)(»th te> IIk; pur<;li;ise;r and the seller 

 of the horse;, than disj)ute;s with retgard to the soundness of the; animal. 



That horse is sound in whom there is no disease, and no alteration 



