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his leg Just above the hock joint. When the horse liftfi 

 his leg to kick, the leader expands; his attention is 

 drawn to the elastic and he fails to kick. A horse ca» 

 only think of one thing at a time ; while he is wonder- 

 ing what is drawing around his leg, he is diverted from 

 ills purpose and the kicking will cease. A horse wiU 

 not kick against the stall unless he can hear a noise 

 when the foot strikes the boards. Another simple rem- 

 edy is to pad the stall with something so that he can- 

 not hear the foot strike. Take a piece of old carpet uatl 

 tack on the sides of the stall and put straw between it 

 and the stall will be sufficient. These remedies art 

 very simple but they will do the work. 



HOW TO PREVENT A HORSE FROM PAWING IN STAIA. 



Buckle a foot strap around the front leg above th« 

 knee with the ring in front; take a block about tea 

 inches long and two inches wide, buckle a strap around 

 the middle of it and fasten to ring in foot strap so that 

 it wUl hang about five inches below the knee. When 

 the hore attempts to paw, this block will strike him on 

 the shins. He vrill not make more than a few attempts 

 to paw. 



HOW TO PREVENT A HORSE FROM GETTING FAST IN 

 STALL. 



This troublesome vice is usually caused by being- 



