82 Stable Vices. 



greater use than in crib-biting, and are the only effectual 

 remedy against the vice. 



Tricks and Vices to which Horses are liable 

 out of the Stable, 



some of which arise from fear and nervousness, and others 

 from vice or from improper breaking. All vicious and ner- 

 vous horses should be avoided by all who do not thorough- 

 ly understand them. Of these rearing is the most danger- 

 ous, as a fall over backwards often leads to fatal results to 

 the rider. A horse may rear occasionally from fear, but 

 it more generally proceeds from vice. Several plans and 

 bits have been suggested to cure rearers, but all are at- 

 tended with more or less danger to both horse and man. 

 They are best left to rough riders, and those who thorough- 

 ly understand the management of vicious horses, as nothing 

 but time and work will cure them. 



Kicking is another dangerous vicious habit. Like rear- 

 ing, it may be cured by those who thoroughly understand 

 horses ; but even when perfectly quiet and manageable in 

 their hands, such horses are never to be trusted with less 

 experienced persons. 



Running away is another very dangerous fault. It may 

 arise from vice or from the horse having been at some time 

 very seriously alarmed. In the former case, a very sharp 

 bit and great care may prevent it ; but in the latter, when 

 the horse again becomes alarmed, nothing will stop him, 

 as he is for the time in a state of madness. 



Bucking or Plunging is another dangerous habit. Some- 

 times it arises from vice and sometimes only from fresh- 

 ness, the horse being above himself from want of work ; 

 in the latter case it is soon cured by putting him to daily 

 steady work. 



Jibbing either in saddle or harness is a very dangerous 

 vice, and is always the result of bad temper. In saddle 

 the horse rears, kicks, and rubs the rider against anything 

 in his way, He will go anywhere and rush anywhere but 

 in the direction in which he is wanted to go. A good 

 thrashing will sometimes cure him, but it is not always 



