NICKING. 279, 



How to perform the Operation. 



CHAP. LVIII, 



NICKING, 



Is an operation designed tp make the horse carry 

 his tail neatly and elegantly. It should not be 

 performed when the weather is either too hot or too 

 cold, but in a mild and temperate atmosphere. 



prst, let the horse be thrown down on some 

 convenient spot, then, according to the length of 

 his tail, let four or five nicks be cut across on the 

 under side. The first nick must be about two 

 inches from his rump ; and the others at a pro- 

 portionable distance from each other. The great- 

 est art in nicking is, to cut sufficiently deep on 

 each side the under part of the tail. There are 

 two tendons or sinews on each side, the ends of 

 which will sprout or rise up after they are cut : 

 some persons take a small quantity of these ten- 



