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his wind, will speedily go wrong in that 

 essential particular. The only way to 

 cure this is to have him in a smooth 

 box, with absolutely nothing to lay hold 

 of. Grive him his oats in a sieve on the 

 ground, taking it away when empty, and 

 put his hay in a corner. A horse is 

 always apt to return to this habit, and 

 it would be well at no time to tie him 

 up by the head in a stall with a manger 

 in front of him. 



A horse that weaves must always be 

 kept in a loose-box. This habit is first 

 acquired out of pure idleness, as a means 

 of amusing himself. This sort of horse 

 is generally a poor doer, but I do not 

 know that there are any direct bad re- 

 sults from this disagreeable trick. 



