Embarking and Disembarking Horses. 8 1 



him from partly or wholly getting out of the 

 box during transit ; and it is well to cover 

 the box, or to blindfold the animal, 

 so as to prevent him seeing where he 

 is going, while the box is suspended in 

 the air. The fact of his being thus kept in 

 darkness will greatly help to check him from 

 struggling to get free. We should attach a 

 line to one corner of the box and get a man 

 to hold the line, so that the box may not 

 twist round. 



Before putting a horse into a portable 

 horse - box, it is well to remember the fact, 

 that the animal will generally refuse to go 

 into it, unless the doors at both ends are 

 open. 



Before disembarking a large number of 

 horses, it is advisable as a rule to mark all 



