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roaring-. I have observed that horses whose necks 

 are very long, and those which are over- thick and 

 coarse in the neck, are more subject to contract 

 the disease. In the latter case, tight-reining and 

 being forced to carry their heads in a manner for 

 which their shape is not adapted is probably the 

 cause. 



Broken- wind is brought on sometimes by a neg- 

 lected cold ; at others, by a horse being galloped too 

 soon after feeding- or watering. It is caused from 

 the covering of the air-cells becoming ruptured, and 

 the air thereby entering into other cells, cannot be 

 expelled from them without very great exertion of 

 the muscles. The air-cells may also themselves 

 become run into each other. There is absolutely 

 no cure, but careful and moderate feeding will very 

 much help to relieve it. Feeding little and often 

 with good and digestible food, and care in watering, 

 is also necessary (but little water being allowed at a 

 time). A horse so affected should never be worked 

 soon after feeding or watering. 



Wind-sucking and crib-biting may be called 

 first-cousins. The latter leads to the former. A 

 disordered stomach is usually the cause, produced 

 generally by idleness and over-feeding. 



They may be prevented by the use of a crib- 

 biting strap, which has an iron tongue covered 



