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and wliicli will prick him whenever he attempts to rein his head in for 

 the purpose of wind-sucking. 



NOT LYING DOWN. 

 It not uncommonly happens that a horse wiU seldom or never He down 

 in the stable. He sometimes continues in apparent good health, and feeds 

 and works well; but generally his legs swell, or he becomes fatigued 

 sooner than another horse. If it is impossible to let him loose m the 

 stable or to put him into a spare box, we know not what is to be done. 

 No means, gentle or cruel, will force him to lie do^yn. The secret is that 

 he is tied up, and either has never dared to He down through fear ot the 

 confinement of the halter, or he has been cast in the night, and severely 

 [niured K he can be suffered to range the stable, or have a comfortable 

 box in which he may be loose, he will usually lie down the first night. 

 Some few horses however, wiU He down in the stable, and not m a loose 

 box. A fresh well-made bed ^vill generally tempt the tired horse to refresh 

 liimself with sleep. 



PAWING. 

 Some hot and irritable horses are restless even in the stable, and paw 

 freauently and violently. Their litter is destroyed, the floor of the stable 

 broken up, the shoes worn out, the feet bruised, and the legs sometimes 

 sprained If this habit does not exist to any great extent, yet the stable 

 never looks well. Shackles are the only remedy, with a chain sufficiently 

 lono- to enable the horse to shift his posture, or move in his stall; but 

 these must be taken off at night, otherwise the animal will seldom lie 

 down Except, however, the horse possesses peculiar value, it will be 

 better to dispose of him at once, than to submit to the danger and incon- 

 venience that he may occasion, 



QUIDDING. 

 A horse AviU sometimes partly chew his hay, and suffer it to drop from 

 his mouth If this does not proceed from irregular teeth, which it will be 

 the business of the veterinary surgeon to rasp down it will be found to 

 be connected with sore-throat, and then the horse will exhibit some other 

 symptom of indisposition, and particularly the swaUowmg of water will 

 be accompanied by a peculiar gulping effort. In this case the disease 

 (catarrh, with sore throat) must be attacked, and the quiddmg will 

 cease. 



ROLLING. 

 This is a very pleasant and perfectly safe amusement for a horse_ at 

 o-rass but cannot be indulged in the stable without the chance of his being 

 dangerously entangled with the coUar rein, and being cast. Tet, although 

 the horse is cast, and bruised, and half-strangled, he will roU agam on the 

 folio wiuff night, and continue to do so as long as he lives._ I he only 

 remedy is not a very pleasant one to the horse, nor always quite safe ; yet 

 it must be had recourse to if the habit of rolHng is mveterate. The 

 horse ' says Mr. Castley, ' should be tied with length enough of collar 

 to He 'down but not to aUow of his head resting on the ground ; because 

 in order to 'roU over, a horse is obliged to place his head quite doivn upon 

 the ground.' 



SHYING. 

 We have briefly treated of the cause of this vice at page 165, and ob 

 served that while it is often the result of cowardice, or playfulness, or 



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