. The adventures of a gentleman in search of a horse. Horses. 136 will soon come to your aid, and release you by picking up the fore foot, or some other discipline by which he is usually restrained. It is always prudent to distrust the safety of approaching a horse that stands in a separate stall, or at the farthest stall in the line ; this being the place generally appropriated to kickers. Crib-biting is rather a vice than a disease ; the horse grasps the manger, and holding it with his teeth, sucks in the air, or at least appears to do so: the effect of this bad habit is often, but not alway
. The adventures of a gentleman in search of a horse. Horses. 136 will soon come to your aid, and release you by picking up the fore foot, or some other discipline by which he is usually restrained. It is always prudent to distrust the safety of approaching a horse that stands in a separate stall, or at the farthest stall in the line ; this being the place generally appropriated to kickers. Crib-biting is rather a vice than a disease ; the horse grasps the manger, and holding it with his teeth, sucks in the air, or at least appears to do so: the effect of this bad habit is often, but not always, to impair the digestive powers, and render the animal poor. As it is not usually classed as un- soundness, the purchaser should be very careful to watch the behaviour of the horse for a few minutes. It is useless to examine the manger, for a regular crib-biter would not be shown in his accustomed Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stephen, George, Sir, 1794-1879. London : Saunders and Otley
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