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and restraint, especially when the additions are attended 

 with unnecessary complications in the mouth, and the 

 forced position and carriage of his head and neck that 

 are another's, not his. What areear s and eyes given 

 horses for if not to make use of them, and spare them as 

 much as possible the necessity of instrumental manage- 

 ment ? Why go to the expense or trouble of having a 

 veterinary surgeon's certificate that your intended pur- 

 chase is sound in sight, wind and limb, if, when you use 

 the horse, you put blinds on him to blind him ? — Put him 

 in a narrow stall so that when he lies down, tired after a 

 hard drive and in a cold sweat, he is obliged to bend his 



Fig. 44.— CREST STRAP STYLE. 



knees and tuck his feet up under his brisket and let his 

 legs cool in a crooked position and thus give him sprung 

 knees ? — Tie and curb him up in a position foreign to 

 his formation and then drive him off his wind ? — Save 

 oats and fill him up with hay to show off your harness ? — 

 Drive him to the stable in a lather of sweat and let him 

 stand there and dry as best he may ? — Cut his tail off and 

 then hire a small boy with an impromptu cat-o'-nine- 

 tails to brush the flies off and keep him from running 

 away and save the auctioneer's guarantee ? — Stuff him 

 with hay and run him off his wind ? — Drive your best 

 girl out and leave your horse in a sweat, tied to a fence 

 till he chills, while you enjoy your hot drinks and favor- 

 ite's smiles by a good fire, and then complain to the 



