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advantage he gains and develop the habit to a more 

 dangerous degree, and the older he gets he will 

 generally grow worse. 



KICKING IN THE STALL. 



Kicking in the stall is a very nasty habit, and 

 it is very frequently the result of over-feeding and 

 idleness. The horse becomes wearied by continu- 

 ous standing in the stable, and will kick out simply 

 because he has nothing else to do. He may happen 

 to kick further than he intends ; his leg may 

 come in violent contact with something that hurts 

 him, and in order to remove it he will sometimes 

 kick straight out for ten or fifteen minutes together, 

 smashing his legs and blemishing his hocks until 

 he quite disfigures himself. 



HOW TO CURE A STALL KICKER. 



If taken in time a stall-kicker is very simply and 



quickly cured by 

 hanging a prickly 

 whin bush at each 

 pillar on either side 

 of him, directly op- 

 posite his quarters 

 (Fig. 1 8). This de- 

 vice keeps him in the 

 centre of the stall, 



Fig. 18.— W W Whin Bushes. j • ^i r 



and m the course of 

 a fortnight, with plenty of work, he will, as a rule, 



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