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the horse always shying to the same side, he can 

 be cured to a great extent by entirely covering up 

 the defective eye, leaving the sound one exposed. 

 A leather *' blinder," well hollowed in the centre 

 and attached to the side of the bridle will serve the 

 purpose, because to damage the orb in order to 

 procure complete blindness is a very cruel and pain- 

 ful operation. A horse of this kind should never 

 be punished on shying, because his defective vision 

 generally magnifies and distorts objects, and they 

 consequently appear unnatural to him. Such cases, 

 however, are very exceptional as there is a direct 

 sympathy between the nerves of the eyes which 

 generally affects them both to the same degree. 



SHYING FROM OCCUPYING DARK STABLES. 



Only those who have had practical experience in 

 the matter can realise the enormous number of horses 

 that shy through occupying dark and badly -venti- 

 lated stables. It has just the same effect upon a 

 horse when he is taken from a dark stable into the 

 light of day as it has upon an individual going 

 from the darkness of night into a brilliantly-lighted 

 room. Everything appears dazzling before the eyes, 

 and it is scarcely possible for some considerable 

 time to discern things aright ; and so it is with the 

 horse, with the difference, however, that his case is 

 even worse, as it is aggravated by continually occu- 

 pying a dark Hl-ventilated stable. He cannot see 

 clearly in the open, and the least thing by the way- 



