"Centaur" : or The "turn out," a practical treatise on the (humane) management of horses, either in harness, saddle, or stable; with hints respecting the harness-room, coach-house, &c. . docking,and the operation is attended with the greatest risk whenit is performed by a careless, unskilful, and unfeelingoperator, especially if the horse is fat or fleshy, who cutsor chops the tail off too near the rump. Nicking means cutting four or five gashes across theunder side of the tail, for the purpose of giving the horsean elegant appearance by causing the tail to curve. Thefirst nick (as it is calle
"Centaur" : or The "turn out," a practical treatise on the (humane) management of horses, either in harness, saddle, or stable; with hints respecting the harness-room, coach-house, &c. . docking,and the operation is attended with the greatest risk whenit is performed by a careless, unskilful, and unfeelingoperator, especially if the horse is fat or fleshy, who cutsor chops the tail off too near the rump. Nicking means cutting four or five gashes across theunder side of the tail, for the purpose of giving the horsean elegant appearance by causing the tail to curve. Thefirst nick (as it is called) is started a few inches (say three)from the rump, and the others at equal distances accordingto the length of the tail. The most cruel part of theoperation consists in taking a portion of the tendonsout of the tail. The amount of pain that the horse en- ?w- t dures during the process of docking and nicking, restsmore or less with the operator; but there are manyproprietors of horses now who have feehngly determinedto set their faces against the system altogether ; in fact,the very cruel and unnecessary practice is fast dying out,and is happily the exception and not the A-i 1 t t CART, FARM, AND PIT GEARS;SHOEING AND ROUGHING. As easy as an old above adage does not at all times apply to themake or fit of the heavier class of harness ; yet the veryfact of the extraordinary weight of leather, wood, straw,and iron that some horses are condemned to carry, (inde-pendent of the loaded cart or waggon) is sufficient ofitself to suggest that every part of the set of gears, whethershafter or leader, pit or plough, should at least be a perfectand easy fit. It will be plain to every considerate mind thateach horse should be measured for his suit ; buteven this is not sufficient in itself to ensure thecomfort of the horse and the security of the team, withoutproper judgment on the part of the saddler in eachparticular case, and the discretion of the horse owneras to the ma
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