^52 EDUCATING THE HORSE, 



about the size of ordinary leaden bullets used in 

 guns, suspend them not more than one and a 

 half inches from the bit. Now use the bit, every 

 time you drive your horse, for ten days. 



No. 3. Cure a Horse of Sucking Wind. — 

 A horse that has acquired the habit of sucking 

 wind is truly to be detested, as it is oftentimes 

 attended with fatal results, and when once thor- 

 oughly settled, great difficulty has been experi- 

 enced in removing the habit. The method I have 

 introduced of treating this habit has proved suc- 

 cessful in most cases. 



Take a piece of small gas-pipe, say from five- 

 eighths to three-quarters of an inch in diameter, 

 the ordinary length of a bit heat it and circle 

 it a little, then drill on the upper side equal dis- 

 tances apart from each end, as seen in engraving ; 

 also drill three holes on the under side, making 

 each hole between an eighth and a quarter of an 



