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servine abroad. Peat & Co., of Piccadilly, have patented 

 it, and the sealed pattern is at the War Office. 



Biting the Collar-Rope. — If you want to see a horse 

 do this, leave him a rope about two or three feet too long ; 

 shut him up in a close stable, and give him nothing to do. 



It is not a vice, but rather one of the many signs of 

 weariness and idleness in which dumb animals indulge. I 

 append a sketch of a rope-biter. 



A Horseman's Skill in the management of his bridle- 

 hand consists in the discretion with which he makes the bit 

 be felt It ought never to be used too severely, and its 



