. The horse's friend [microform] : the only practical method of educating the horse and eradicating vicious habits, followed by a variety of valuable recipes, instructions in farriery, horse-shoking, the latest rules of trotting, and the record of fast horses up to 1876. Pratt, O. S. , b. 1835; Pratt, O. S. , né 1835; Horse-training; Horses; Chevaux; Chevaux. t} i. I'Mm'-. 252 EDUCATING THE HORSE. about the size of ordinary leaden bullets used in guns, suspend them not more than one and a half inches from the bit Now use the bit, every time you drive your horse, for ten days. No. 3. Cure a Hor


. The horse's friend [microform] : the only practical method of educating the horse and eradicating vicious habits, followed by a variety of valuable recipes, instructions in farriery, horse-shoking, the latest rules of trotting, and the record of fast horses up to 1876. Pratt, O. S. , b. 1835; Pratt, O. S. , né 1835; Horse-training; Horses; Chevaux; Chevaux. t} i. I'Mm'-. 252 EDUCATING THE HORSE. about the size of ordinary leaden bullets used in guns, suspend them not more than one and a half inches from the bit Now use the bit, every time you drive your horse, for ten days. No. 3. Cure a Horse of Sucking Wind.— A horse that has acquired the habit of sucking wind is truly to be detested, as it is oftentimes attended with fatal results, and when once thor- oughly settled, great difficulty has been experi- enced in removing the habit. The method I have introduced of treating this habit has proved suc- cessful in most cases. Take a piece of small gas-pipe, say from five- eighths to three-quarters of an inch in diameter, the ordinary length of a bit heat it and circle it a little, then drill on the upper side equal dis- tances apart from each end, as seen in engraving; also drill three holes on the under side, making each hole between an eighth and a quarter of an m. 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 Pratt, O. S. , b. 1835. Toronto : Hunter, Rose


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