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open field, to thoroughly fix the impression, and he never 

 forgot it. I finally trained him so I could let him run up 

 the street twenty rods or more, and then could call him 

 back to me instantly at the crack of the whip. The secret 

 of this was the reward I always had for him. 



In turning a horse out to pasture he should never be 

 started violently when the halter is taken off. There 

 should be no effort to deceive by carrying oats in a pan, or 

 rubbing ears of corn together, etc., and when allowed to 

 come near enough, to rudely grasp, halter, and lead him 

 off. The reward of corn or oats should be promptly given, 

 with other expressions of kindness. Indeed, it is in most 

 cases best to commence by occasionally going into the field 

 and carelessly approaching the horse, and giving him some- 

 thing of which he is fond, until his confidence is won. A 

 sensitive horse always partakes in a great measure of the 

 character of the owner ; if tricky and deceptive, the horse 

 will become so. The only way to make the horse honest 

 and confiding, is to be honest and kind in his management. 



CRIBBING. 



This is a habit for which there has been no practical 

 remedy. Many claim that it is caused by indigestion, and 

 that by neutralizing the gas generated in the stomach in 

 consequence, a horse will cease to crib. Mr. 0. H. P. 

 Fancher, especially referred to in tho chapter on " Sub- 

 jection," was the most pretentious advocate of this the- 

 ory ; but I have never known or heard on any reliable 

 authority of any case being cured by giving medicine. 

 It has also been claimed that cribbing is caused by the 

 teeth pressing too closely against one another, the remedy 

 for which is sawing between them. I have known of a 

 great many cases treated in this way, but without any 



