. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . move on the head. A boy broke five horses ofthis habit a few years ago; but he became careless, andfailed on the sixth. There is, once in a while, an old horseof determined character that will crib in defiance of this orany other means. Such cases are, however, rare. Ayoung, nervous-tempered horse will yield readily to thetreatment, and but few horses will attempt to crib whilewearing a muzzle. If a strap be buckled rather tightly around the neck, ahorse will not crib while it is on. This is, however, but asimple preventive. There is also the ob
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . move on the head. A boy broke five horses ofthis habit a few years ago; but he became careless, andfailed on the sixth. There is, once in a while, an old horseof determined character that will crib in defiance of this orany other means. Such cases are, however, rare. Ayoung, nervous-tempered horse will yield readily to thetreatment, and but few horses will attempt to crib whilewearing a muzzle. If a strap be buckled rather tightly around the neck, ahorse will not crib while it is on. This is, however, but asimple preventive. There is also the objection that grad-ually the horse may learn to resist, to overcome which, thestrap has to be buckled tighter, which of course obstructsthe circulation, and causes inflammation, thus producing se-rious and permanent injury. If a strap is used for thispurpose it should be fully three inches wide, and buckledjust tight enough to prevent the inclination to crib. Awide strap works a great deal better than a narrow one,and is less liable to do i>tJTTlNG THE TONGUE OUT. S23 WiND-SuCKINa. Sometimes a horse sucks wind without the habit ofcribbing. I include a cut of a form of bit to prevent this,for which much is claimed. A practical horseman of ex-perience gave me the point. He claimed that it wouldwork perfectly in preventing the inclination to crib andsuck wind. I include it on the strength of his a piece of gas-pipe about seven inches long. Drilla hole across eachend, through whichput in rings, as seenin cut; next, drillfour or five holes, asshown in cut. The theory is that the gas ^^^- ^^l.—Bit made of gas-pipe for preventing cribbing and wind-sucking. m the stomach can not escape through the mouth on account of its being closed,and that instinctively the horse will bite on something toopen the mouth and throw off the gas. With this bit inthe mouth, the air passes through the small holes in the cen-ter, and out through the ends. I would be glad if thos
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