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CHAP. V. 



HABITS AND PROPENSITIES. — BITING, DIFFERENT KINDS OF KICK- 

 ING. KICKING IN THE STABLE. KICKING IN HARNESS. RUN- 

 AWAY. REARERS. STARTING AND SHYING. LEADING WITH 



THE WRONG LEG. NERVOUSNESS. JIBBING HORSES. CUTTING. 



BROKEN KNEES, BAD FEEDERS. LOW AND HIGH ACTION. 



Having now touched upon most of the ailments 

 under which a horse is likely to be offered for 

 sale, and having stated, to the best of my ability, 

 the more or less objectionable effects of them in 

 their different forms and stages, I will now turn 

 my attention to some of the prevailing habits and 

 propensities of horses, and consider how far each 

 is more or less objectionable, as relates to the 

 description of horse, and the intending purchaser. 

 It would be uncalled for, in a work like the 

 present one, to specify the different acts of a 

 horse under different classifications. The term 

 propensities is sufficient to embrace all that is 

 necessary in mentioning them. 



BITING. 



This really abominable vice, or, at all events, 

 vicious habit, let it arise from what cause or pro- 



