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make the lips and mouth so sore as to prevent the inclination to 

 bite. This niethod will often work very satisfactorily ; but, like $h e 

 treatment first advised, must be done thoroughly to be effective. 

 Covering the parts with sheep-skin will seldom do any good. 



W. P. Gross, of Kutz- 

 town, Pa., "advertises a 

 device for the cure of 

 cribbing, for which he 

 claims much. It is simply 

 a thin plate of metal 

 placed over the upper 

 front teeth and fastened 

 by small bolts.' This will, 

 of course, make the 

 gums sore, if pressed 

 upon to any extent,; and 

 will undoubtedly work 

 well, and is worthy of 

 trial ; the objection is 

 the difficulty of fastening 

 the plate to the teeth. 

 Cribbing can be stopped 

 by buckling a wide, flexible strap, moderately tight, around the 

 neck. It should be from three to three and one half inches wide. 

 A narrow strap will not wof k well. 



When in Bath, N. Y., many 

 years ago, I noticed that a 

 horse when cribbing at a post 

 in the street contracted the 

 larynx and muscles of the 

 neck forcibly during the act. 

 Instantly it occurred to me 

 to make the experiment of 

 putting such an adjustment 

 upon the throat-latch as to 

 cause sharp pain when there 

 was- an effort to repeat the act. I went to a harness/-shop, pro- 

 cured some six-ounce tacks, drove them through a strip of leather 

 about half an inch apart, and filed the points sharp and of equal 

 length. I laid this bit of strap on the inside of the throat-latch, so as 

 to bring the, points of the tacks under the larynx, and kept it in 

 plate by winding each end and the center with a piece of waxed- 



Fig. 329.— The Halter Adjusted for Cribbing. 



Fig. 330. — Throat-strap with Tacks. 



