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scrip tion, and he would at any time take the opinion of 

 the village blacksmith before that of a qualified V.S. 

 who never allows him any " tip." 



17th. If he happens to have a hard-mouthed pulling 

 horse, he will always be on the look-out for new in- 

 ventions in bits, and fresh tortures, never dreaming that 

 the more these jaw- machines are applied to a horse, the 

 less he will care for them, nor that a light even hand, 

 in a plain snaffle bit, in the absence of punishment and 

 irritating causes, is, after all, the best remedy for a 

 pulling horse. 



18th. If a bad coachman's horses appear more fretful 

 and irritable than usual, he will not be at the trouble to 

 get down from his box to examine the harness or curb 

 chains, to see whether the former does not chafe them, 

 or the latter be too tight ; or if they appear more dull 

 and sluggish than is their wont, he will never take into 

 consideration that, like himself at times, they may feel 

 a little amiss, without being so bad as to be off their 

 food ; but he will continue to whip them without thought 

 or mercy. 



19th. He will, after keeping his horses heavily 

 clothed and without fresh air, in the stable, stand talk- 

 ing half-an-hour in the street with some friend, in cold, 

 damp weather, exposing his horses to the certainty of a 

 cold. 



20th. He will never take advice from an experienced 

 man, because he considers that he knows more than 

 anyone else ; and even if his master should kindly give 



