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either trouble or danger. A horse should 

 never be sulFered to stand long in a wet and 

 dirty eondition after chase or journey ; to 

 drink cold water when hot, or spring water 

 from well or pump, when pond or river can 

 be obtained ; his feed should likewise be re- 

 gularly dispensed, with proper respect to 

 .equation and time, and proportion in quan- 

 tity. The quality, as well ^s quantity, of 

 both hay and corn, must ever be held in con- 

 ;Stant remembrance, these being jointly and 

 individually necessary to a permanent esta- 

 blishment of health, strength, and condition. 

 To possess all v^^hich in a high degree, and 

 to proceed for strong and povv^erful exertions 

 in the field or on the road, his regular con- 

 sumption should be two bushels of oats and 

 two trusses of hay per week. 



The state of the body respecting evacua- 

 tions should not be neglected ; regularity in 

 these will be equally necessary with punc- 

 tuality in food : the state of a horse's booty 

 may be most accurately ascertained by the 

 appearance of his duno- ; if it is ejected c 

 fine bright colour (inclining to that of a nev/ 

 guinea), moderate in consistence, regular aiid 



