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Let his legs and the side upon which he lay, be well rubbed 

 If able to walk a few paces, it will help to circulate the blood. 

 If he can not walk at first, try him again after half an hour 

 Examine him all over, lest he have received any injury re 

 quiring immediate treatment. He will not be fit to work on 

 that day, and perhaps not the next. 



Sometimes the horse can not be got upon his feet ; he can 

 not even make an effort to rise. Turn him over to his other 

 side, and let that which was undermost be well rubbed with 

 wisp or brush ; manipulate the skin that is, pinch it, and" 

 raise it from the flesh, in order to restore the circulation of 

 blood through it. With the same intention let the legs be 

 rubbed, pulled, and the joints alternately bent and straightened. 

 Give the horse a good bed, and as much room as possible. 

 If the travis can be removed, take it away. If the horse have 

 no sign of fever, give him half a pint of sherry in cold water, 

 or a cordial-ball ; let him also have some water, and if he will 

 eat oats, give them. By these means the horse may recover 

 his strength and the use of his limbs sufficiently to rise with 

 assistance. A trial should be made every half hour ; when 

 not successful, there is nothing for it but the block and tackle, 

 which may be fixed to some beam or support across the stall. 

 Pass a couple of strong ropes round the chest, and attach 

 them to the pulley ; pad them with straw where they are like 

 ly to cut the skin. If the horse can not stand when thus 

 raised, support him a little in the ropes ; place his legs fair 

 below him, and let his weight upon them very gradually. If 

 he can not use them at all, let him down again, and make 

 other efforts to restore his activity ; give more wine, rubbing, 

 food, and water. Turn him often, and raise him again in an 

 hour. In a few cases the horse never recovers the use of 

 his legs. He dies, or is destroyed. This happens from in- 

 jury of the back, the neck, and the head. But I have seen 

 the horse completely paralytic, when there was no appearance 

 of injury in these parts. 



The treatment here recommended for stall-casting, is equally 

 applicable to horses that have been cast in the field, in a ditch, 

 or any situation where they have lain long in a position of 

 constraint. The wine-cordial some people will object to, but 

 it is an excellent remedy against exhaustion. 



STEPPING OVER THE HALTER-REIN. This and the last- 

 mentioned accident arise from the same cause. The binding 

 is too long, or tied to the ring unloaded by the sinker, and the 

 horse is apt to get his fore-feet over it. If he be a steadv 



