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change of air, but seems to think that his 

 horse needs none. What he thinks most 

 important is warmth. He, in short, is try- 

 ing to keep a hawk as he keeps a canary, 

 or to force a field rabbit to burrow in a 

 warren. 



A horse that gets enough to eat will not 

 be mjured by the cold^ nor suffer from it in 

 any way. 



Major Arthur T. Fisher, late 21st Hus- 

 sars, in a book published in London, 1891, 

 referring to this subject, records many 

 things that are well worth repeating. 

 On page 8, et. seq,^ he says: ''Without 

 ''the requisite supply of fresh air, it is 

 "impossible to maintain horses in perfect 

 "health and condition. The wilful, pig- 

 " headed ignorance of grooms, in this re- 



