The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . FiG. ::i-^ -Tortures of hiffb checkino;. quently did not express the position as fully and clearly asdesired ; in any event, they are not overdrawn. For the privilege of copying Figures 298, 299, 300, 301,327, and 328, which tell the story very plainly, I am indebtedto
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . FiG. ::i-^ -Tortures of hiffb checkino;. quently did not express the position as fully and clearly asdesired ; in any event, they are not overdrawn. For the privilege of copying Figures 298, 299, 300, 301,327, and 328, which tell the story very plainly, I am indebtedto Hon. Hill, of Chicago, 111., the author and publisherof Hills Manual and other works. It is but just to add thatthe friends of the horse are especially indebted to Mr. Hill forgiving the most striking series of illustrations showing theabuses and cruelty of checking of any that I have hitherto foundpublished, and which, by his courtesy, I am permitted to copy IC CHECKING AND BLINDERS. here. They are taken froni Hills Album, a very fine familywork. He has not only done much himself in this direction,but contributed largely to correct these and other prevalentabuses, for which he is entitled to a high consideration from thefriends of the horse. Figs. 818, 321, are from a work called Bits and Bearing. Fig. .328.—The ordinary side cbecl<, giving an easy rein. Reins, issued in England, but now out of print, which waspublished to show the extreme cruelty of their use in thatcountry. The bit is a large, curbed one, of the most powerfulcharacter. The rein, or strap, as explained, is given a pulleypurchase ; and, i)ulled short as represented, it is not difficult tosee that it must necessarily keep the animal in a position of ex-treme discomfort. These are in no way exaggerated, as horseschecked in this manner can be seen daily by any observant per-son in the larger cities, more particularly in New York. For theelectroes of three of these I am indebted to the kindness of Mr.
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