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sion of sunlight along with a regular entrance of 

 fresh air. The construction of stables, however, will 

 be fully discussed in a subsequent chapter. 



JIBBING. 



Probably ninety per cent, of the jibbing horses we 

 see amongst us have been made to jib through care- 

 lessness by overloading them at first. Nothing will 

 spoil a colt sooner than by making him pull a load 

 for which he is physically unfit. He will struggle 

 and strain for some time until he feels it is too much 

 for him, when he will stop, and run backward to 

 relieve his shoulders from the pressure. In future 

 he will be shy to start another load, if, indeed, he 

 will draw an empty cart (Fig. 17). 



All those who have had the experience of a 

 jibbing horse know well what an unmanageable brute 

 he is when thoroughly confirmed in this bad habit. 

 Neither coaxing nor whipping will induce him to 

 pull when he takes it into his head to refuse ; we 

 have known a pronounced jibber stand for several 

 hours before he could be compelled to start. We 

 have even seen a jibber so determined that he would 

 throw himself down when punished, necessitating his 

 being unyoked, which is always a bad precedent, as 

 he will repeat it whenever he is punished knowing 

 that in doing so he will be relieved from work. 



