. The care of horses : a book for all who have practical charge of horses. Horses. BEARING-REIN AND HAME-REIN 75 It is only a few days ago that I saw a horse waiting outside a public-house for its driver, reined in as tightly as possible with a nosebag on. I only wished I could have tied this fool's hands behind him, and fixed his head up, and set a foaming mug of beer before him ; he would then have had as much chance to slake his thirst as his poor horse had to touch what the nosebag contained. And so ignorant. FIG. 36.—SHOWING THE DISPLACEMENT OF WINDPIPE AND GULLET. cruelty, not to give it
. The care of horses : a book for all who have practical charge of horses. Horses. BEARING-REIN AND HAME-REIN 75 It is only a few days ago that I saw a horse waiting outside a public-house for its driver, reined in as tightly as possible with a nosebag on. I only wished I could have tied this fool's hands behind him, and fixed his head up, and set a foaming mug of beer before him ; he would then have had as much chance to slake his thirst as his poor horse had to touch what the nosebag contained. And so ignorant. FIG. 36.—SHOWING THE DISPLACEMENT OF WINDPIPE AND GULLET. cruelty, not to give it a harder and truer term, continues to flourish. While on this painful subject I cannot do better than quote the deliberate opinion of those in high authority. The Duke of Portland, Master of the Horse, says: ' If I see horses approaching me with a cruel, tight bear- ing rein, their heads hauled up to an unnatural height, I expect to find, and generally do—in fact, I lay to myself as long odds as ten to one on it—a very third-class coach- man on the box, with a very fourth-class looking carriage, which is generally occupied by people of a vulgar type.'. 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 Carter, Ada F; Carter, Charles, M. R. C. V. S. L. London : George Bell & Sons
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