HORSE SENSE. 



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seen that tlie horse's head is drawn up high, by tlirowing the halter 

 strap over a beam in the barn, holding the jaws together by pulling on 

 the under jaw, and then pour half the prescribed dose into the horse's 

 mouth and pound him on the throat to get him to swallow. By this 

 method, every move is in opposition to the natural instincts of the ani- 

 mal. The jaw-strap o'f the halter has the efifect of holding the mouth 

 closed frt)m its pressure on the under jaw. The pounding or pinching 

 of the throat also tends to the contraction of the muscles of the neck 

 and operates against the horse swallowing. Now it should always be 

 remembered that any pressure on the horse's palate (roof of the mouth) 

 induces him to open his mouth and hold it open as long as this pressure 

 is made. The illustration shows a very simple and effective manner of 

 handling the horse's head while giving fluid medicines. The picture shows 

 for itself. See cut No. 103. 



Cut No. 103. 

 PRACTICAL METHOD OF DRENCHING THE HORSE. 



A small rope the size of a clothes line , slipped under the nose-band 

 of the halter and into the horse's mouth and lifted high enough so that 

 the medicine will gravitate back in the mouth, will answer about as 



