120 PROMISCUOUS VICES. 



confined in a stall that is too small. When the horse 

 rolls and turns upon his back, he is so cramped by 

 the narrow walls of the stall, that he can not roll him- 

 self back to get up. For the convenience of the horse, 

 and man too, you should always have wide stalls. A 

 small ring should be stitched to the top part of the hal- 

 ter; take a small rope and attach to a beam or some- 

 thing directly above his shoulders when he is eating 

 out of the manger; have a snap in one end of it, and 

 snap it into ring sewed in halter. Feed him some 

 grain from the floor about where he stands with his 

 front feet. Have the rope long enough so that his 

 nose will just reach the floor; of course have him tied 

 with the halter as ordinarily. This will allow him to 

 eat, lie down, and get up, but he can not put the top of 

 his head down to the floor so that he can roll. A 

 horse will not get fast in a stall unless he tries to roll. 

 By having a snap in the cord or rope that is attached 

 above the horse, when you want to take him out of 

 the stall, all you will have to do will be to unsnap the 

 rope. 



HOW TO PREVENT A HORSE PUTTING HIS TONGUE OUT 

 OF MOUTH OVER THE BIT. 



Take a straight bar bit, and file about three inches 

 of the middle of it nearly flat, so that when you sew a 

 piece of sole leather over it, it will not turn. Have the 

 sole leather come straight back in the horse's moutli 

 over the tongue. The leather should be about three 



