BITING HORSES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 961, 5 June 1883, Page 2

BITING HORSES.

Horses have been successfully cured of this vice by putting a piece of hard wood, an inch and a half square, in the animal’s mouth, about the same length as an ordinary snaffle-bit. It may be fastened by a thong of leather passed through two holes in the ends of the wood and secured to the bridle. It must be used in addition to the bit; but in no way to impede the working of the bit. Rarey adopted this plan with a zebra,‘ln the Zocf, which was a terrible brute at biting. Mr Rarey succeeded, however, in taming and training him to harness and drove him through the streets of London. Animals with this vice should be treated kindly in the stable, and not abused with pitchfork handles, whips, etc. An apple, crust of bread, a piece of beet, etc., and a kind pat, but firm, watchful hand and eye, with the use of the above wooden bit, will cure the most inveterate biter. The fact that he cannot shut his mouth or grip anything soon dawns upon him, and then he is'conquered.Tot onto Crlobe.