TREATMENT OF COLIC. I* J 



point of the comer as he can. He is then obliged, by 

 a sndden pull on the rein, to make the turn so sharp, 

 that he almost appears to be going round on a pivot, 

 and the horse is impeded in his progress and broken in 

 his action. But if the puU on the bit had been so 

 gentle — which it should always be — as to inform the 

 horse quietly of what was intended ; and if the tui-u 

 had been very gradually commenced fi'om the centre of 

 the road on the one side, and earned as close to the 

 comer as safety would penuit, and then finished on the 

 road on the other side by a gradual and still longer 

 sweep, the turn would scarcely have been felt ; and the 

 horse, being aware of what he was about, would have 

 been safely conducted on his course, without curtailing 

 his action and lessening his speed to any very marked 

 extent. 



TREATMEin: OF COLIC. 



I WOULD not presume to encroach on the province of 

 the veterinarian, in relation to the treatment of disease 

 in the horse. On the contrary, when anything goes 

 astray in my own stables, which seldom happens, I at 

 once have recourse to the advice of a properly qualified 

 veterinary surgeon, if he is within my reach, in place 

 of tmsting to my own judgment ; and I strongly re- 



