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fails to take due precaution, A horse will rarely 

 bite if he has not at some time or another been 

 encouraged to do so, and when he becomes con- 

 firmed in this bad habit he is an exceedingly danger- 

 ous brute to have anything to do with, because only 

 those who have had the misfortune to be bitten can 

 understand its terribly painful nature, as well as its 

 extremely dangerous consequences. Horses that bite 

 seldom open their jaws in quitting the object they 

 seize, consequently the)' either cut the part clean 

 out or bruise and mangle it in a horrible manner 

 by their teeth slipping off at the edge. 



HOW TO CURE A BITER. 



The best way to cure a biter is to take a short flat 

 stick in the hand when going up to him in the stall, 

 and whenever the horse attempts to bite, it should 

 be drawn smartly across his nose once only, and he 

 will instantly jump to the opposite side of the stall. 

 A few smart lessons of this kind will generally be 

 sufficient to cure him. He may afterwards look in 

 a threatening manner, but the least motion of the 

 arm will invariably be sufficient to prevent him repeat- 

 ing it. This is a vice, however, that no man can 

 successfully cure for another. A courageous man 

 can conquer a horse for himself, but nothing he can 

 do will prevent the horse biting others, because if 

 he is a pronounced biter he will try it with every 

 new face he meets. And if people recede from 

 him and appear nervous, he will soon follow up the 



