112 The Horse Farrier. 



The lash is forgotten in an hour, and the horse is as ready 

 and determined to repeat the offence as before. He ap- 

 pears unable to resist the tenrptation, and in its worst 

 form, biting is a species of insanity." 



Constant and laborious work is often beneficial. Some 

 horses may be over-awed by being very bold. He may 

 be warned by speaking to him. On approaching the 

 horse, hold a whip in his view, ready to let it fall. If you 

 can get hold of his head, you are safe ; he may then be 

 muzzled, or his head tied to the manger, a long rope may 

 be fastened to the halter and run through a ring at the 

 head of the stall, and proceed backward to the heel post ; 

 this enables a man to draw the head close up to the ring, 

 and keep it there till the grain or water is delivered, and 

 till the horse can be bridled, muzzled, harnessed or dressed 

 as the case may be. He is, of course, to be released af- 

 ter you leave the stall, but the rope remains in place ready 

 for use. 



If you can obtain something that is exceedingly disa- 

 greeable to the taste of a horse — some bitter herb — sat- 

 urate a piece of cloth, and wind it around a stick for him 

 to bite ; it will often, in connection with kind treatment, 

 have a tendency to break him. A single short cut across 

 the mouth on the instant will sometimes do good. 



KICKING. 



This, as a vice, is another consequence of the culpable 

 habit of teasing the horse. There is no cftre for this vice 

 when it is inveterately established, and he cannot be jus- 

 tified who keeps a kicking horse in his stable. He is 

 never safe, or relied on as being safe. It is foremost in 

 the point of danger, and no treatment will always con- 

 quer. An awkward man is always sure to receive injury 



