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stopping suddenly when under motion, ov backing into dangerous 

 places. It is difficult to detect, for they will sometimes go days, 

 weeks and even months all right, and then suddenly show the 

 vice. As a rule, it is exhibited by bad tempered, badly trained 

 horses. A warrant from a respectable owner is the best guar- 

 antee. It may sometimes be detected, if a person strange to the 

 horse mounts and attempts to start him suddenly. In harness 

 it may often be detected by the manner in which the animal starts 

 and travels. 



7. The Eogub — The rogue is the horse of vices ; he may 

 take the bit in his mouth and run away, he wUl rear, back, kick, 

 strike, bite and do twenty other unpleasant tricks, not always 

 from pure vice, but often from exhuberance of spirits, or from 

 being crossed in some way. They generally perform well enough 

 after they have found out that their rider is their master. They 

 are diificult to detect in their vices, except by the thorough horse- 

 man, who is well versed in every expression or act of the horse. 



8. BiSHOPED Teeth.— So named from the scoundrel who in- 

 vented filing an old horse's teeth to make him look young, even 

 to burning and blackening the cups formed. A careful study of 

 the chart of the horse's teeth, given in this book, will enable any 

 person to detect this, since it is impossible to cover the shrinking 

 of the gums, by which the teeth show narrow, and are peculiar 

 in shape. 



9. Weak Eyes. — Whatever the occasion, have nothing to do 

 with a horse with bad eyes. Bring the animal from a rather 

 dark istable just inside the door where the full light may strike 

 the eyes. Examine the lids and pupils carefully, to see if there 

 is any considerable shrinking ; the eye should be able to bear the 

 full light. Horses are sometimes near-sighted, and also far 

 sighted. Nearly all shying horses become so either from defect in vision 

 or from cowardice. 



10. Moon Eyes — This is a specific ophthalmy, from which 

 one or both eyes periodically change color, and during the par- 

 oxysm it may become entirely blind. During the interval the eyes 

 look natural. It is better, if the buyer suspects this, to take 

 a warranty against it. 



