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the rider or driver may be assured that others before 

 him liave fruitlessly endeavored to remedy the nuisance. 

 If the stumbler has (lie foot kept as short and the toe 

 pared as close as safety will permit, and the shoe is 

 rounded at the toe, or has that shape given to it which 

 it naturally acquires in a fortnight from the peculiar ac- 

 •ion of such a horse, the animal may not stumble quite 

 so much. 



WEAVING. 



This consists in a motion of the head, neck, and body, 

 from side to side, like the shuttle of a weaver passing 

 through the web, and hence the name which is given to 

 this peculiar and incessant and unpleasant action. It 

 indicates an impatient, irritable temper, and a dislike to 

 the confinement of the stable. A horse that is thus in- 

 cessantly on the fret will seldom carry flesh, or be safe 

 to ride or drive. 'J'here is no cure for it, but the close 

 tying-up of the animal, or at least allowing him but one 

 loose rein, except at feeding-time. 



