The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-01-18
BAD HABITS IN HORSES.

fishes the following article, from an un
named correspondent:
IL a horse ever. or never. born with
Il I,rediSpo>ition to vice: This i 4
problem often discussed. but il may Il
fair to say that no has. ID
my knowledge. been adduced to afford
proof either way. On the one hand W.
seldom If ever see foalS start kicking or
biting: and. on the other. we do find
young horses which. - far a. is known.
have never been subjected 10 any III
theatment. develop sundry forms OF
vice. Without going the length Of say
ing that no horse i ever foaled with a
vicious propensity. my own idea is that
Tie development Of what we call vice.
though it may be FASTENED by ill-treat-
ment or accident. IS very closely allied
- courage: in other words, | cannot call
to mind more than one instance Of a
phie@matic. lazy horse developing sings
of vice.
Under the head Of vice. a. understood
in the stable and III the law courts. we
may set down sue shortcomings as biz
ting. kicking. rearing. boiling. buck
jumping, Shying, exhibiting. &c. Ny
own experience Of biters has. | am
thankful to say. been small: but. -
NA - ~ ''I1 - -t1IAI. ~ -
more prevalent among racehorses lhan.
with half-hreds. though the number If
mt5zz.es seen on a horses in oar streets
would suggest that the vice is not IN
known in those which are not By any
means Of rur sang. The only bitter /
ever owned was not really 4 bad bitter.
bnt ne would sometimes try to catch
no-d tltler in the stable or ont Of it.
= must not, however. be forgotten that
i morse 5 teeth form one Of his means of
attack. n 50 il is not, perhaps. sur
pii~liiI' : IL ee7lFss g snow resentment.
1"' ne .iie'54l 20 SO ny means Of his
'ol..' -ioINt WIN ! long tai can
WIS from dIHlOSf every part Of
Ms bea. Z locked morse Is at q dis
'Fahfa IN TINS respect, and if 10.
re u =" Wa o5y an! requires
',tIdic1ilA ,A| l;tif VI his body be-
H'hd ,i@ Ten OF Ms teeth ana tail.
Is VII .1tt1i| hlit 1iloilef morse on the
Ni''t Wien r7luIIes scratching, and the
1H-IdlioH beihS ihHS appealed t., viii
i'ifl7r the requisite assistance. The
morse. therefore. III some Way or another
Knows the use OF his teeth. and it is only
an easy step making Use Of them for
ms own purpose to employing them as 4
means OF attack.
4 vicious horse is necessarily ! moro
or less unstable article. for if his vice
lie shown III the stable. Il man. hesitatesI
to expose him groom to risk. while i'll
vice shows itself on the road a.. IN tba
field. the rider or driver Womb nor +aEol
the horse at all. ..3t = nrica yicoI
therefore. is 4 matter which na;+bor
breeder nor dealer can afford 10 IGNORE
as m ou,ca If nIactico i ,,o,+b
ton of theory 7 nronosa 10 oiro =,
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