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No. 2. — Get a common coarse horsehair rug. Horses will of 

 course "try it on" with the horsehair rug at first, but after one 

 trial they generally drop it. 



No. 3. — Dissolve a tablespoonful of cayenne pepper in half a pint 

 of train oil, and dab an old roller, &c., with it, the horse will not 

 touch the clothes. If he should, a teaspoonful of turpentine may 

 be added. 



No. 4, — Put a cradle on, it is quite impossible for the horse to 

 turn either way with his head. 



No. 5. — A long stick, buckled to the roller at one end, and to 

 the head-stall at the other, is a most efficient prevention. It should 

 be left loose enough to allow of the horse lying down in comfort. 

 The pole should be fastened by a very short strap to the roller, 

 and should be long enough to reach half way up the neck from the 

 shoulder ; from this point a strap (or chain if the horse is very 

 fiavage with his mouth) should extend to the headstall, where a 

 buckle should fasten it securely behind the jaw. 



HORSE FROM FIRE, TO EXTRICATE. 



If the harness be thrown over a draught horse, or a saddle on the 

 lDack of a saddle horse, they may be led out of the stable as easily as 

 on common occasions. Should there be time to substitute the bridle 

 ' for the halter, the difficulty towards saving them will be still further 

 diminished. 



HORSE GETTING HIS TONGUE OVER THE BIT, TO PREVENT, 



A piece of stout leather, about 2in. wide and 4in, long, stitched 

 on the bar of the bit to form a flexible port, will prevent the horse 

 getting his tongue over the bit, 



HORSE HANGING OUT THE TONGUE. 



No, 1, — Fasten a small sprig of gorse to the cheek of the bit, 

 so that every time the tongue is protruded it gets pricked ; the horse 

 will soon get over the trick. 



No. 2. — Put a port on the snaffle of whatever pattern of bit-and- 

 bridoon bridle best suits the horse. 



No. 3. — Take a narrow strip of leather and fasten a row of nails 

 (tin tacks) along it. Fix the leather from one cheek of the bit to 

 the other, so as to form a bar. The horse on putting out his tongue 

 will scratch it against the nails, and he will soon get out of the ugly 

 habit of hanging it out. If he licks the side of the bit the same 

 plan will answer. 



