ON THE CECONOMY OF THE STABLE. 101 



ting, with or without his fheet, as he has been 

 accuftomed, with the happieft efFefts to his 

 limbs and feet. Unfound or (haken horfes 

 fhould ever be permitted to exercife them- 

 felves, but where convenience admits not of it, 

 they ought to be led, never ridden, on any 

 {hipid or indolent pretence whatever. 



A neceflary part of flable difcipline is to fet 

 a horfe now and then upon the bit, between 

 the pillars, that is to fay, between the ftall 

 pods, his tail toward the manger, a rein on ' 

 each fide attached to the pofts, communicating 

 v/ith the cheeks of the bridle. This ferves to 

 corre6l the errors of the mouth, to elevate the 

 head, and fet the horfe upon his haunches; it 

 is a fpecies of exercife, and contributory to di- 

 gellion. A horfe which has a will of his own, 

 may be in fome degree reclaimed by being 

 frequently lunged around a ring, as is the cuf- 

 tom in breakinor colts. If a horfe's mouth 

 fhould become tender from fevere bits, or is 

 naturally fo, that he throws up his head and is 

 afraid to flep out, the only remedy is a fnaflFle 

 with a large mild bit, fuch as is ufed for colts. 

 It is poflible that the fame method might alfo 

 reclaim a callous mouth, which fevere bits 

 never fail of the effeft to render dill more 

 dead and obdurate. 



The propriety of exercife on an empty 

 ftomach will not be difputed, I go fomewhat 



farther ; 



