Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . recting the badhabit it should never be tolerated for a single day, and the pos-sessor of this book would be inexcusable should he suffer it tocontinue in any animal owned by him. The habit of pawing in the stall, though not so vicious in itenature as that of kicking, is yet sufficiently troublesome and un-nieaeant to deserve a speedy correction, and the owner of a —32- horse
Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . recting the badhabit it should never be tolerated for a single day, and the pos-sessor of this book would be inexcusable should he suffer it tocontinue in any animal owned by him. The habit of pawing in the stall, though not so vicious in itenature as that of kicking, is yet sufficiently troublesome and un-nieaeant to deserve a speedy correction, and the owner of a —32- horse addicted to even the lastnamed fault will be more thancompensated for the slight trouble caused in its removal. It may seem needless to repeat what has before been said, insubstance, that the seemingly small faults of a horse are theones which most frequently lessen and impair his usefulness, andthat the removal of any one, however trifling, adds a moneyvalue to the horse more than sufficient to compensate for thetime and trouble expended. To Educate a Horse not to get Cast in the Stall. Drive a staple in the ceiling over the manger at the side ofthe stall, then another in the ceiling in the center of the stall. To £ a Horse Not to ©»•». Cast in the Stall. over the horses head; pass a small cord through the staple atthe side of the stall; tie a horseshoe, or the weight of a horse- -33- shoe, so that the cord will not draw through the staple ; thenput the cord through the staple in the centre of the stall, hring itdown within two and a half feet of the floor, and cut it off, at-taching a snap to the end ; place a ring in the halter at the topof the head, in the center, as seen in engraving. Now, whenhis h?ad raises up, the weight comes down ; when his mouth ison the floor he can lie down with ease, but ho cannot get thetop of his head to the floor; and, if he cannot get the top ofhis head to the floor, he cannot roll; and, if he cannot roll, hecannot cast. This r
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