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unbound before he can get up. He has to lie perhaps all 

 night on one side in an awkward position, and next day he is 

 stiff and sore all over, and as unfit for work as if he had 

 rested none all night. The only way of preventing this is by 

 suspending a bale behind him, in the same manner as for pre- 

 venting the habit of standing in the gangway. 



High and long travises are apt to make horses occupy the 

 gangway both for standing and for lying. A horse that is 

 very troublesome in either way, may be tried in a baled stall, 

 or in one having low and short travises. 



Rolling in the Stall. — Many horses are much ad- 

 dicted to this, especially during the night. Some practise it 

 the moment they come off the road. They lie down, harness 

 and all, and roll over from one side to another two or three 

 times, and then rise and shake themselves as if much the 

 better of it, and highly delighted with the feat.* It appears 

 to do him good, and ought to be permitted when possible, the 

 harness or saddle, however, being previously removed. Some 

 manage it very clumsily. In the morning they are often 

 found in an awkward or painful position, lying across the 

 stall, or on one side of it, with the fore legs bent upon the 

 chest, and the hind legs out of the stall altogether, projecting 

 into the next. The horse can not stir, and must be righted 

 before he can rise. His head must be liberated. By casting 

 ropes or straps, two or three stirrup-leathers buckled together, 

 ov^er his legs, he may be turned over ; or he may be drawn 

 away from the travis by pulling at the mane or tail ; or, in 

 the same way, he may be drawn entirely out of the stall. 

 When the horse is lying on his back, it is sufficient to cast a 

 rope or strap across his hind legs, and pull him over. 



As long as the horse appears able to take care of himself 

 in his rolling fits, he may be allowed to enjoy them ; but, 

 when he is subject to accident, the rolling must be prevented, 

 at least during the night, when there is no one to render as- 

 sistance. All risk of injury is avoided by putting the horse 

 in a loose box with his head free. In the stall, rolling may 

 be prevented by a short halter-rein. It should be long enough 

 to let the horse lie down, but so short that he can not get his 

 head flat on the ground. Except in the pains of colic, no 

 horse will roll without getting his head as low as his body. 



* When a liorse rolls more than once, or at the most twice, after his work, 

 and lies as if he were in pain, paws the ground, or looks at his flanks, expres- 

 sing uneasiness, he is unwell j he has colic, and should be put under imme- 

 diate treatment. 



