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STABLE MANAGEMENT. 



Fresh air, without a thorough draught ; keep- 

 ing the stall cool, not cold ; and the horse warm, 

 not hot ; good grooming ; proper clothing ; daily 

 airing of the jhools ; cleanness of litter ; strict 

 attention to the food and water, and punctuality 

 in giving them ; constant regard to the appetite ; 

 careful observance of the dung and urine ; never 

 disturbing while at rest ; stopping the feet every 

 day, and night ; shoeing once in every twenty- 

 five days; physicking only when actually neces- 

 sary ; sweating only when actually required ; and 

 enforcing the mildest of treatment,* but at the 

 same time never teasing with kindness, constitute 

 the essence of stable management. 



DIFFERENCE OF FORM, ETC. 



What description of horse are you about to 

 train ? Is he a slight, or a narrow-chested, or a 

 flat-sided, or a delicate, or a hot fiery horse ; or 



* Gora-wallas are seldom known to wrong a horse ; though 

 covering themselves, by mistake, on a cold night with his jhool, 

 and pilfering a little of the evening's feed, are no very uncom- 

 mon occurrences. 



