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Pawing back the litter. — I note that a correspondent, 

 replying to a query in the Field, as to some means of 

 stopping this practice, which causes the horse to sleep more 

 or less on the bare floor, states that connecting the fore 

 legs in the manner I have described in the preceding 

 paragraph, will accomplish the object in view, and, after 

 a few repetitions, will wean the animal from the habit. 



Rubbing the tail. — Although this vice comes more 

 within the province of the veterinary surgeon than within 

 that of the breaker ; it may not be out of place if 

 I mention that a bandage wrapped round the dock, or 

 Mr. D. C. Pallin's plan of tying round the animal's tail two 

 separate pieces of tape (see Fig. 124), will almost always 

 make him stop the practice of this habit. If the rubbing 

 be due to disease, appropriate remedies should be em-, 

 ployed. 



Sleeping standing. — There are many horses that will 

 never, voluntarily, lie down — a habit which seriously 

 detracts from their capacity for work. Such animals might 

 be taught to lie down (see page 161), and made to do so 

 in their stall. Having no experience in this matter, I offer 

 this advice merely as a possibly useful suggestion. In all 

 cases, a good, deep bed of straw will be a strong induce- 

 ment for a horse to lie down. 



Difficult to harness and unharness. — We may circle 

 the horse on foot, with the long reins (see page 183), and 

 rein him back while he is in the shafts, so as to accustom 



