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EVERY-DAY MISMANAGEMENT OF THE 



HORSE. 



Patting and caressing him for doing a thing you 

 don't want him to do, and beating him for doing what 

 you do want him to do. 



An illustration. — A horse is frequently patted for 

 jibbing, and flogged for going on, so that he soon 

 learns not to start at all. 



Another. — When a horse stumbles, down comes the 

 whip. A horse will not fall if he can help it, any more 

 than you would. 



Shying. — Don't correct him with the whip, as he 

 will connect the abuse he receives with ; the object at 

 which he shyed, and soon become a worse shyer. 



Misuse of the Word " Whoa."— " Whoa," as I 

 understand the use of the word, is to bring the horse 

 to a standstill, yet how many people when they walk 

 up to a horse in the stall say " Whoa," when they walk 

 away. Another " Whoa " — when they put the bit in 

 his mouth, " Whoa" again, and when they lift his tail 

 up to crupper it, still another " Whoa." The word 

 " Steady" should be used, and not "Whoa," the horse 

 being already " Whoed." 



Keeping without Water. — Water should always be 

 kept in the manger. 



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