358 CLIPPING, SINGEING, AND TRIMMING. 



horse the disfiguring appearance of being badly in want of a 

 .shave. Although there can be no great objection, once in a 

 way, to pulling out one or two of these bristles which may be 

 longer than the others, the frequent practice of thus removing 

 them should not be allowed ; because it not only deprives the 

 animal of a useful means of touch, but it also inflicts such 

 severe pain on him, owing to the high sensibility of their roots, 

 that the recollection of the sharp twinges will in all probability 

 make the horse more or less difficult to handle about the 

 muzzle. 



