174 HUMANE HORSE-TRAINING 



a fashion, but as my father used to say, " It is very old- 

 fashioned " — and there is something logical in that. 



The actual operation of docking does not cause any 

 pain if done skilfully. (Horse-copers, who dock every 

 horse they buy — "flagging" him as they term it — ^are 

 apt to hurt the unfortunate animal, and what care they 

 if they do 1). The real cruelty, in my opinion, is when 

 the poor animal is turned out to grass and has to endure 

 the numerous attacks from flies and mosquitoes without 

 any means of protection. 



