CHECKING AND BLINDERS. 



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Another high English authority, Prof. McBride, says : — 

 '* I most heartily concur in what has been said about the 

 bad effects of the foolish custom of using the check rein. It is 

 a very common cause of roaring in the horse, which statement is 

 indorsed by all veterinarians, seven hundred in England alone." 

 Figs. 303, 30-i, were drawn and engraved expressly for me, 

 showing the great discomfort of horses checked high, though 

 the artist did not fully catch my ideas in his orders, and conse- 



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-Tortures of hiffb checkino;. 



quently did not express the position as fully and clearly as 

 desired ; in any event, they are not overdrawn. 



For the privilege of copying Figures 298, 299, 300, 301, 

 327, and 328, which tell the story very plainly, I am indebted 

 to Hon. Thos.E. Hill, of Chicago, 111., the author and publisher 

 of " Hill's Manual " and other works. It is but just to add that 

 the friends of the horse are especially indebted to Mr. Hill for 

 giving the most striking series of illustrations showing the 

 abuses and cruelty of checking of any that I have hitherto found 

 published, and which, by his courtesy, I am permitted to copy 



