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should the horse obstinately and artfully retain the liquid in his mouth, 

 Tliis is effected by maniijulating the throat, and exerting pressure in the 

 intermaxillary space. 



The methods of holding horses during the exhibition of a draught 

 are various, but the most important ones are three. In the first place, 

 by ropes and pulleys a horse's head is pulled up from a beam or other 

 high object in a stable or shed. This is very objectionable, esjDecially in 

 a vicious horse; and we have never found it to answer better than the 

 second manner of introducing a rope-noose over the upper jaw. This 

 noose is attached to a stick; or slipped over a stable-fork prong, Fig. 10; 

 and a man can then hold up the head of the heaviest horse and follow 

 him in his movements. It requires management. I do not like the 

 fork, as it is a dangerous instrument, and prefer an ordinary twitch. In 

 Fig. 11, the third manner of holding a horse's head up and exhibiting a 



Fig. 11. 

 Another method for giving a drench. 



drench is represented. It is the most simple and useful method. It 

 only requires one person, who holds the tongue, places his thumb round 

 the lower jaw, and witli his fingers causes the horse to open his mouth 

 whilst the draught is poured out of the horn with the right hand. 



