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are the only remedy, with a chain sufficiently long to 

 enable the horse to shift his position ; but they must 

 be taken off at night to enable the horse to lie down. 

 — Youatt. 



SLIPPING THE HALTER. 



This is a trick at which many horses are so clever, 

 that scarcely a night passes without their getting: 

 loose. It is a very serious habit, for it enables the 

 horse sometimes to gorge himself with food, to the 

 imminent danger of staggers ; or it exposes him, as he 

 wanders about, to be kicked and injured by the other 

 l^orses; while his restlessness will often keep the 

 whole team awake. If the web of the halter, being 

 first accurately fitted to his neck, is suffered to slip only 

 one way, or a strap is attached to the halter and 

 buckled round the neck, but not sufficiently tight to 

 be of serious inconvenience, the power of slipping the 

 halter will be taken away. — Youatt. 



