68 THE HOKSE. 



really more like the restless habits of confined animals in 

 a menagerie. Weaving is generally contracted through 

 idleness, and is frequently learnt on board ship. Weav- 

 ers are mostly nervous horses, full of energy, good work- 

 ers, and SOUND. 



TO CUKE WEAVING. 



The same steps may be taken to cure weaving, as are 

 mentioned in the preceding article : in addition, it is well 

 to fasten the horse with two pillar reins attached respec- 

 tively to each side of the halter, and tight enough to pre- 

 vent him from swinging or swaying. 



DULLNESS. 



Having examined the more general reasons for reject- 

 ing horses at sale, we have now to consider causes of sec- 

 ondary importance, yet such as must receive attention. 



The nostril is one of the most important parts of the 

 horse to be attended to: it is much overlooked. There 

 are many horses that are called dull, sorry jades, who 

 will be found to go for a short distance good-humoredly 

 and at a good pace, and then draw in, bearing a severe pun- 

 ishment rather than improve their pace. " What a dull, 

 lazy brute it is ! " cries its owner, but in reality he is 

 neither dull nor lazy. The cause of his difficulty lies in 

 the smallness of his nostril, which is not sufficiently 

 large to permit enough air to pass up for purifying the 

 blood as it passes through the animal's lungs. The con- 

 sequence is, that with every increase of speed the animal 

 suffers acute pain. This too small nostril is the cause of 

 slowness or dullness in all inferiorly-bred horses. 



