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manger. A bar was dropped behind his quarters to 

 keep him from backing. Through the sides of the stall a 

 slot was cut large enough to admit a plank two inches 

 thick and eighteen inches wide. This plank came within 

 half an inch of his loin, and of course he could not raise 

 himself to kick. It was amusing to watch the rage he 

 would get in at finding his most violent eflbrts frustrated. 

 I looked for him to strike with one foot, and intended, if 

 he had done so, to let a shelf extend on each side as high 

 as his gaskins, which would have prevented it. The plank 

 over the loin, however, cured him, and I never heard of 

 his relapsing into his former bad practice, although going 

 from my stable into a stall that had not these appliances. 



