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bit; to this attach your reins. Yon now have a 

 driving, as well as a check bit. If the horse attempts 

 to work his tongue over the bit, the piece of leather, 

 so attached, will prevent him at once. Should he 

 (as is seldom the case) carry his tongue under the bit 

 and out of the mouth, to the holes drilled through 

 the bit attach a piece of large wire, passing the ends 

 through ; let the centre drop one half inch below, 

 same aa a wide wire staple. When you put the bit 

 in his mouth, pull his tongue through the loop, see- 

 ing that the space is large enough for it to sit easy. 

 These plans will soon break a horse of the contempt- 

 ible habit. 



To Slioe a Horse tliat is Vicious. 



I care not how vicious a horse may be when shoe- 

 ing him, I think I can make the worst of the kind 

 stand perfectly still in ten minutes, so that the smith 

 will have no further trouble. The plan which is 

 adopted by the smiths in general is not only cruel, 

 but has a tendency to make them far worse. A colt 

 is taken to the shop, wild and uneducated; and du- 

 ring- the process of setting the shoes, if he makes a 

 wrong move, the smith gets in a fearful rage, gives 

 him a sharp blow with the hammer or rasp, the horse 

 rears and plunges, and is so frightened he will not 

 allow a hand laid upon him. The next move is to 

 fetter or cast hi m. A rope is put around his neck, 

 then to the ankle of each of his hind feet, then for- 

 ward ; with perhaps two men at each end ; they pull 



