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Stable Vices and Whims 



Fig. 91. — Neck-cradle for pre- 

 venting the horse from tear- 

 ing his blanket and biting 

 his attendant. 



front, back and sides in such a form that when the 

 horse turns his head to get hold of the blanket with 



his teeth the -chain appliance 

 prevents him from doing so 

 (Fig. .92). The muzzle is 

 often recommended, but the 

 objection to it is that the ani- 

 mal cannot eat with it at- 

 tached. 



Stripping the halter. — 

 Often a horse contracts the 

 habit of slipping the halter 

 off over his head. The causes 

 are much the same as those 

 that provoke stripping the bridle (p. 283). It often 

 results in the horse getting an over-feed, which occa- 

 sionally brings on fatal indiges- 

 tion. To overcome the habit, 

 use a snugly fitting neck-strap 

 in addition to the halter, with 

 the tie-strap run through the 

 ring of the halter and fastened 

 to the manger. A common 

 halter with a tight throat-latch 

 will not overcome the trouble 

 as some confirmed halter-strip- 

 pers have a head of such con- 

 formation that it is easily possible for them to strip 

 the halter, notwithstanding the throat-latch. 



Fig. 92. — Muzzle to pre- 

 vent tearing the blanket. 



