BITING HORSES.
Horses have been successfully cared of this vice by putting .a piece of hard_wood an mch 1 and a half square in the animal's mouth, about the same length as an ordinary sneffle bit. Jt may be fastened.by a thong of leather passed through two holes 'in the^enrds 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. Karey adopted this plan with the zebra in the Zoo, which was a terrible brute at biting. Mr Barey succerded, howerer, in taming and training him to harness, and drove him through , the streets of.JLondon. Animals with this > vice should be treated kindly in the stable, - and not abused with pitchfork bandies, -" whips, &c; An apple, ernst of bread, a piece of beet, &c, and a kind pat, but firm, : Watchful hand and eye, with the use off.the above wooden bit, will dire the most in- * Veterate biter. The fact that he cannot shut his mouth or grip anything soon ; \dswns upon him, and then he is conquered. 1 .—-Toronto Globe.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4624, 30 October 1883, Page 3
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189BITING HORSES. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4624, 30 October 1883, Page 3
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