SLIPPING THE COLLAR OR HALTER. ^gll 



these must be taken oflf at night, otherwise the animal wil3 

 seldom lie down. Unless, however, the horse possesses pecu- 

 liar value, it will be better to dispose of him at once, than to 

 submit to the danger and inconvenience that he may occasion. 



ROLLING. 



This is* a very pleasant and perfectly safe amusement for a 

 horse at grass, but cannot be indulged in the stable without the 

 chance of his being dangerously entangled with the collar, rein, 

 or halter, and being cast. Yet, although the horse is cast, and 

 bruised, and half strangled, he will roll again on the following 

 night and continue to do so as long as he lives. The only 

 remedy is not a very pleasant one for the horse, -flor always 

 quite safe ; yet recourse must be had to it, if the habit of rolling 

 is inveterate. The horse should be tied with length enough of 

 halter to lie down, but not to allow of his head resting upon 

 the ground ; because, in order to roll over, a horse is obliged 

 to place his head quite down upon the ground. 



SLIPPING THE COLLAR OR HALTER. 



This is a trick in which many horses are so well accomplished, 

 that scarcely a night passes without their getting loose. It is 

 a very serious habit, for it enables the horse sometimes to gorge 

 himself with food to the imminent danger of producing stag- 

 gers ; or it exposes him, as he wanders about, to be kicked and 

 injured by the other horses, while his restlessness will often keep 

 the whole team awake. If the web of the halter, being first 

 accurately fitted to'his neck, is sufi'ered to slip only one way, 

 or a strap is attached to the halter and buckled round the neck, 

 but not sufficiently tight to be of serious inconvenience, the 

 power of slipping the collar will be taken away. 



