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round pebble, about the size of a lien's egg, placed in 

 tlie ear, and secured witli a cord tied round the latter, 

 near the tip, or stuffing a glove in each ear. I have 

 also seen coachmen put two or three handfuls of mud 

 into the horse's mouth, and rub it against his palate 

 with good effect, or tap him with a stick at the back 

 of the fore legs, just under the knee. 



Letting a stubborn beast stand for hours in harness 

 in the spot where he has taken the fit, and, when he 

 has become well hungered, placing a feed of corn before 

 him and gradually w^alking away with it, is a dilatory 

 proceeding sometimes resorted to, but scarcely -worth 

 mentioning. 



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The size of horses should be in proportion to the 

 weight and size of the vehicle and loads they are in- 

 tended to move, upon the principle, easily demon- 

 strated by experiment, that weight drags weight. ■ For 

 instance, a horse having to drag a cart up a hill will 

 do so more easily with the driver on his back than 

 otherwise, as the weight of the man assists the horse 

 against the weight he has to move. The latter part of 

 this argument only refers, however, to short distances, 

 or to starting a draught. 



The higher the wheels are, and the closer together, 

 whether they be two or four, the lighter will be the 

 draught. In fact, to render the draught as easy as 

 possible, the axles ought to be on a level with the 

 trace-hooks, or point of traction, or as nearly horizontal 

 as possible with the traces and their place in the leg 

 of the hames. It is self-evident that if a horse has to 



