. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. 200 The Book of the Horse. go double, some will only go single, and some will never go safely in harness at all. A harness-horse should stand stock still, and yet be always ready to trot and trot on the driver saying " Come along," and gently pulling at the bit, without ever requiring the whip. The slug is even more dangerous in the
. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. 200 The Book of the Horse. go double, some will only go single, and some will never go safely in harness at all. A harness-horse should stand stock still, and yet be always ready to trot and trot on the driver saying " Come along," and gently pulling at the bit, without ever requiring the whip. The slug is even more dangerous in the streets than the hard puller. As a rule, horses regularly worked in town become quiet, probably from being occupied by a multiplicity of sights and sounds. Those to whom horses are a necessity, and economy is an object, may purchase good- looking, useful animals, with unimportant defects, at a reduced price at the end of the London season. Amongst the defects to which fast-trotting horses, and particularly young harness-horses, are subject, are cutting and brushing. Brushing is striking one ankle against the other; cutting is striking the foot or shoe against the other leg. A horse that cuts or brushes with the fore-legs is a very dangerous animal under saddle. Almost all green horses, fresh from grass or recently broken, cut or brush with their hind-legs when put first in QUARTERMAINE S STRAP. BOOT. The first step with horses which are from any cause weak is to protect the part wounded, and the to get them into hard condition. The defect will often entirely disappear with age and condition. In breaking colts into harness there is no better precaution than the Yorkshire boot, a piece of thick woollen cloth tied with a string so as to fall double round the fetlocks. But if a horse cuts or brushes, it is better to resort to a proper boot or other protection before a raw is regularly established and a permanent blemish created. Boots are sold of leathe
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