HUNTERS 



than later on in life. Many vicious habits are 

 acquired by cruel treatment, and as the horse 

 has a remarkably retentive memory, such mali- 

 cious influences are not readily forgotten, though 

 it is quite possible that vice may be dormant 

 for an indefinite period. It is well to bear this 

 fact in mind, though unfortunately it is often 

 overlooked. Unscrupulous vendors, when they 

 wish to conceal a vice, occasionally resort to the 

 administration of some opiate, such as a large 

 dose of laudanum, or some other narcotic, 

 which, for the time being, acts in the manner 

 indicated. It is necessary to distinguish between 

 vice and a high-spirited temperament, though 

 the latter may easily be converted into a vicious 

 one, either through ignorance or by want of 

 experience. The following are usually regarded 

 as vices : 



CRIB-BITING 



This is a very common practice, and often 

 associated with wind-sucking, although the 

 latter is the most pernicious practice of the two 

 vices. A crib-biter seizes hold of the edge of 

 the manger, or anything else within reach, and 



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