58 PRICKING. FOXING. 



to ensure success, it is necessary they should be kept 

 in the pulleys until the wounds are perfectly well. 



PRICKING. 



THE pricking a horse has proved to be as useless an 

 operation as it is simple, seldom or never having the 

 desired effect; consequently the practice should be 

 abolished. Many nicked horses fail to carry good 

 tails; and much less is it to be expected from a horse 

 that is pricked. I would recommend that the operation 

 should never be performed. 



FOXING. 



To fox a horse is an operation so simple, that it can 

 be performed by almost any person. The only skill is, 

 to select such horses as will be improved by being 

 foxed. There is an instrument generally used for this 

 purpose ; but the operation can be performed very 

 correctly without it. The simplest and easiest mode 

 is, to take a very small paint-brush, and with paint 

 that will form a contrast to the colour of the horse, 

 mark the ears of the shape and length you prefer ; 

 then place on his nose a twitch ; have one of his fore 



