210 EDUCATING THE HORSE. 



as a horse viciously inclined to that habit will 

 sometimes even splinter the boards of the stall, 

 and with so simple and effective a method of 

 correcting the bad habit it should never be tol- 

 erated for a single day, and the possessor of this 

 book would be inexcusable should he suffer it to 

 continue in an animal owned by him. 



The habit of pawing in the stall, though not 

 so vicious in its nature as that of kicking, is yet 

 sufficiently troublesome and unpleasant to de- 

 serve a speedy correction, and the owner of a 

 horse addicted to even the last-named fault will 

 be more than compensated for the slight trouble 

 caused in its removal. 



It may seem needless to repeat what has be- 

 fore been said, in substance, that the seemingly 

 small faults of a horse are the ones which most 

 frequently lessen his value and impair his use- 

 fulness, and that the removal of any one, how- 

 ever trifling, adds a money value to the horse 

 more than sufficient to compensate for the time 

 and trouble expended. 



