"Grazing for horses—with, docked tails. fid. day; with lons tails, Is, a day." This is a notice which appears in a meadow near Dieppe (tlio "Mail" says). The owner of the meadow, when asked for an explanation of the difference in the charges, replied: "A docked horse i= con-' stantly-irritated by. the flies. and; keeps on'stopping his grazing to drive them off by swinging his head. A long-tailed horse keeps off: the flies with his tail, and so ran. keep's on grazing without interruption."
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 7
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84Untitled Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 7
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