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hands, leads a life of pain and misery. He is unduly 

 subjected to sudden heats and colds, which develop 

 rheumatism and other diseases, and in this manner 

 he is made to appear old and stiff long before the 

 natural period for such indications. 



HOW TO PREVENT MISTAKES. 



If a horse stumble he should be smartly pulled 

 together, but not punished. At first sight, this 

 may be considered a mistake entirely due to the 

 carelessness of the horse, but a little thoughtful con- 

 sideration may put a very different complexion on 

 the matter. He may be carelessly ridden, the road 

 may be rough, he may be fatigued by a long journey, 

 a shoe may be hurting him — in short, a hundred 

 and one other circumstances may have caused him 

 to stumble, all of which may be directly traced to 

 the carelessness and unkindness of his rider. 



If the rider habitually exercised care and kind- 

 ness towards the horse, no such causes as those 

 mentioned would occur. He would ride him care- 

 fully, give him time over a rough part of the way, 

 never ride him too far at a time, see that his shoes 

 were in order, and, in all probability, had those 

 matters, small in themselves, been properly attended 

 to, the stumble would never have occurred. But 

 too often in such cases the spurs are dug in and 

 the whip applied most unmercifully, and not infre- 

 quently the poor, faithful brute is brought down 

 with his knees lacerated and bleeding. Thus, through 



