CHECKING AND BLINDERS."- 



Cruelty of Checking. — In sitting, walking, or standing, 

 every person knows how tiresome it is to maintain one posi- 

 tion very long, and that a frequent change of position is equiv- 

 alent to resting. It 

 would be comparatively 

 easy to move the hand 

 up or down, which could 

 be done almost indefi- 

 nitely with out much in- 

 convenience ; but to 

 hold it in one position 

 Fig. 39S.-The horse with over-check. perpendicularly or hor- 



izontally, would soon be 

 come extremely tire- 

 some and difficult ; in 

 fact, so much so that 

 it would be impossi- 

 ble to hold it out hor- 

 izontally longer than a 

 few minutes. A French 

 subordinate officer, as 

 a punishment, marched 

 his soldiers all day with- 



Fio. oOO. — Let the (liiveis try it. 



♦This article i.s HupjilruR'nlMry. 



Firr. 299. — Horse iu nature. 



out allowing them the 

 regulation freedom of 

 changing the position of 

 their arms, which so in- 

 jured them that it was 

 regarded sufficient cause 

 for inflicting upon him 

 the penalty of death. 



Now, checking hors- 

 es, and forcing them to 

 hold their heads unnat- 



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