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will soon come to your aid, and release you by 

 picking up the fore foot, or some other discipline 

 by which he is usually restrained. It is always 

 prudent to distrust the safety of approaching a 

 horse that stands in a separate stall, or at the 

 farthest stall in the line ; this being the place 

 generally appropriated to kickers. 



Crib-biting is rather a vice than a disease ; the 

 horse grasps the manger, and holding it with his 

 teeth, sucks in the air, or at least appears to do so : 

 the effect of this bad habit is often, but not always, 

 to impair the digestive powers, and render the 

 animal poor. As it is not usually classed as un- 

 soundness, the purchaser should be very careful 

 to watch the behaviour of the horse for a few 

 minutes. It is useless to examine the manger, for 

 a regular crib-biter would not be shown in his 

 accustomed stall. 



