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instead of pulling the superfluous hair out, bit by bit, 

 with his fingers dipped in powdered resin. He will 

 also crop their .tails, to suit his own taste, without his 

 master's orders, trim the hair which naturally protects 

 the inside of their ears, and singe them under the throat, 

 and thus bring on influenza. 



10th. He will often deal a little in dogs, and suffer 

 them to lie among the hay, which the horse will not 

 eat with so much relish, if he does not refuse it al- 

 together, when impregnated with the excrements of 

 these animals. 



llth. When bedding a horse down, he will strike 

 him on the legs with a pitchfork, just because he does 

 not move quick enough from one side of the stall to the 

 other ; and (while grooming him) the more sensitive 

 and ticklish his skin, the more he will torment him, 

 more especially if anyone be watching this (to him) in- 

 teresting exhibition; and he will, from time to time, 

 strike him savagely on the shanks with the sides of his 

 brush, or curry-comb, and thereby raise a permanent 

 blemish, or inflict a cruel injury, and account for it to 

 his master as the result of stable kicking, or, if a new 

 purchase, that it was overlooked, and then the horse is 

 returned for breach of warranty, especially if bought 

 from a dealer who has not allowed him sufficient " tip." 



12th. If % the horse, by reason of his heavy, unsteady 

 hand, tight curb, and severe bit, attempt to raise his 

 head and fore-feet, because he cannot bear the excrucia- 

 ting pain thereby occasioned, he will say he is a " rearer," 



