356 ROAD HORSES. 



For instance, very warm stables and a pro- 

 fusion of body cloths are to be avoided, with 

 horses that are necessarily destined to enter a 

 variety upon the road inconstant travelling; 

 encountering the extremes of heat and coldy 

 the indifference of aliment, the various kind* 

 of water, and different modes of treatment* 

 Many of these, although not in the imme- 

 diate need of such large portions of nu- 

 triment as those in the habit of more 

 violent exertions ; yet they are entitled to 

 all the useful minutia3 of stable discipline, 

 that so clearly contribute to the preserva- 

 tion of health, in horses of a superior de- 

 scription. 



Horses coming under the denomination of 

 ROAD HORSES, or couimou hacks, in occa- 

 sional excursions and diurnal domestic em- 

 ployment, will support themselves in good 

 state (with moderate gentle work) upon 

 three feeds of corn ; on the contrary, horses 

 of every kind, in constant work and exer- 

 tions of magnitude, (as incessant journeying, 

 or travelling post) must be supplied, at least ^ 

 with a peck of corn a day. Large and 

 strong cairiage horses in perpetual Vork 



