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HORSE-TRAINING MADE EAST. 



mal stands with his forefeet wide apart, hence 

 the motion of the animal throws the weight of its 

 body alternately upon the inside of each fore- 

 foot. The effect of this habit is to turn the 

 inside quarter of the feet downwards and inwards 

 at the heel, forming, as it were, a kind of club- 

 foot. This habit indicates a restless disposition, 

 expressing impatience at being tied up. To 

 break up the habit, it is only necessary to turn 

 the animal loose into a box-stall. 



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CRIBBING. 

 This is a very disagreeable habit, to say the 

 least, but not so serious as it is often represented. 

 The effects of an inveterate crib-biting horse are 



