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ment will be effectual only when the horse is a beginner, 

 and not always then. Weavers are usually good, well- 

 bred horses — animals with a superabundance of nerv- 

 ous energy. A lazy, phlegmatic horse is very unlikely 

 to become a weaver. 



The fact that cribbers are apt to become weavers 

 also, tends to support the theory that cribbing, like 

 weaving. Is a habit, and not a disease or the result of a 

 diseased condition. 



