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get kicked themselves. Slipping the throat 

 lash out of the earloops, thus leaving it 

 attached to the head collar by the crown 

 piece only, will often prevent the collar being 

 slipped ; with this plan, however, the buckle 

 sometimes causes injury to the near eye. The 

 only certain way, in the case of old offenders, 

 is to put a hobble on one foreleg and attach 

 it to the upright of the manger with about 

 four feet of rope. This does not prevent them 

 from lying down. 



Kicking Horses : 



In the case of a kicking horse, it is advis- 

 able to inquire as to possible disturbing 

 causes, such as thrush in the hind feet, the 

 presence of bots or worms, or his having a 

 restless, troublesome neighbour. At the out- 

 set, it is advisable to ^^lace a kicking horse in 

 a corner stall, having previously suspended a 

 sack of straw in such a position that it will 

 intercept the kicks. The horse should have 

 plenty of hard work, and the effects of hob- 

 bling, or of removing the hind shoes, might 

 be tried. When he hurts his feet each time 

 he tries to kick and they get tender, he may 



