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unexpectedly. This caution is specially important if ht 

 has a blind bridle. 



(4.) Uniformly gentle treatment will secure faithful and 

 steady work. Anger, severity, and sudden jerking, endan- 

 ger your harness, your vehicle, and your life, besides 

 permanently injuring your horse. 



(5.) Be well provided with horse-blankets, particularly 

 at night. If you are waiting for passengers, while you 

 look out for your own comfort by a warm fireside, or in 

 thick wrappers, see that your faithful brute companion is 

 also protected from the chilly air. 



(6.) Wash the inside of the collar frequently with castile 

 soap suds, and when it has thoroughly dried, gently warm 

 the leather and soak it with oil, so as to soften it. But do 

 net allow any oil to remain on the surface of the leather, 

 unabsorbed. 



(7.) If the snoulders are tender, feverish, and disposed 

 to chafe, they should be. well rubbed, and afterwards 

 washed with salt water. This should be done after un- 

 harnessing, so that the parts bathed may be dry before 

 work is resumed. 



(8.) Do not be tempted by extra pay to overload your 

 team. Overloading occasions blindness, spavin, splint, 

 glanders, farcy, and other painftil and fatal disorders, and 

 thus risks the loss of your capital, besides injuring yourself 

 by encouraging a cruel disposition. 



(9.) See that the harness fits easily in every part, and 

 that the shoes are tight and well put on. If there are 

 chains connected with any part of the harness, let them be 

 well covered with soft padded leather or fur. 



(10.) Let your tones, in addressing the horse, be always 

 gentle, soothing, and pleasant. Pat him often, and en- 

 courage every sign of attachment that he gives. 



