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Nor are there, unless, as I am told, 

 there are some that are mad ; but I never 

 saw one of these. 



However, although there are no horses 

 naturally vicious, there are a good many 

 that learn various vices from the incom- 

 petent men who handle them ; and it 

 may be that you may pick up one of 

 these at Tattersall's or some other auction 

 mart, and would like to keep the animal 

 could you but rid him of some disagree- 

 able habit he has acquired. 



We will, therefore, consider some of 

 the more usual failings. 



A horse that bites should have placed 

 in his mouth a wooden roller about two 

 inches thick, instead of a bit. Rarey 

 used this in a round form, but it is more 



