BREEDING, 69 



or upland grass in high perfection ; both 

 M^iich contribute so very much to the daily 

 growth and improvementof the colt, that it is 

 a matte:' of the utmost con'^equence to the 

 breeder, whose principal oln^ct stiuuid be to 

 attain every possible advantage in height^ 

 bone, diViA condition, previous to the commence- 

 ment of severe weather, during which growth 

 is in general suspended, unless liberady pro- 

 moted by the sakitary interposition of good 

 food, and proper shelter to encounter the in- 

 clemency of the season. 



This is the first step to be taken where 

 no disagreeable traits intervene to require a 

 different mode of treatment ; but should the 

 mare (by foaling before her time, or in severe 

 sharp winds, a cold wet night, long and 

 painful deliv^ery, or other circumstances too 

 abstruse to bs discovered) visibly labour un^ 

 der Jixed dejection, bodily languor, loss of appe- 

 tite, lying down as if painfully weary, and 

 totally inattentive to the infantile fondness of 

 her foal; it may be justly presumed, na- 

 ture has sustained a severe shock from some 

 one of the causes just recited, that cannot 

 be too soon attended to and counteracted. 



