130 -WARRANTY OF 



Water. 



Of the many promoting causes of fever in the feet, 

 I will here mention one, and only one the easiest of 

 all to prevent. It is stinting the horse of water. Let 

 the horse have all the water that he chooses to drink ; 

 do not stint him in the least ; the water will do him no 

 injury whatever, if he is not worked immediately after 

 his first satisfying drink and he is watered sufficiently 

 often afterwards. The number of times a day that he 

 may want water depends on many and varying causes ; 

 but he should be watered just so often as that he shall 

 not drink more than four quarts at one time. Pro- 

 portionately, that amount of water will not occupy so 

 much space in his stomach as does half a pint of liquid 

 in the stomach of a man. Some hardy horses will take 

 the full allowance five times a day, while frequently 

 weakly ones will not take the specified quantity, though 

 watered only twice. Four times daily is little enough 

 for any of them. 



Cold water acts as a tonic to sickly and weak horses, 

 enabling them to eat more food, and, as they gain 

 strength, to do more work. For more lengthy reasoning 

 upon this subject I must again refer to my other work, 

 " The Horse." 



The horse, when brought into the stable, is taken 

 from soft, succulent, and cooling food, and deprived of 

 the double privilege of drinking as much water as 





