CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



The lungs of the horse and their comparative size Their shape 

 and position Their demand for air Defective stables Venti- 

 lation A shining coat The stomach of the horse and its 

 small size Comparison with the stomach of the ox Mistakes 

 in feeding Result of over-loading the stomach Experience 

 of a veterinary surgeon Water, when to give, and how much 

 Traditions of trainers A Turkish custom Purity of water 

 and water vessels Sloping floors and their evils The loco- 

 motive and the horse again A sloping couch The manger 

 and drinking trough Structure of the head and throat The 

 stable door Width of stalls ' Weaving ' and crib-biting 

 The electric manger 287 



CHAPTER XVII. 



The horse and the locomotive again ' Vice ' in horses and its in- 

 variable cause Mayhew's opinion Vice in cavalry horses 

 The soldier and the ' irreclaimable ' savage New mode of 

 treatment Apparent failure and ultimate success A relapse 

 when in strange hands Another ' irreclaimable ' savage 

 Story of ' Fly,' ' The Baroness ' and ' War Eagle,' all three 

 being New Zealand horses The horse's capacity for affection 

 Its peculiar love for man The horse a gregarious animal 

 Bulgarian horses ' Spoiled ' horses The horse's desire to 

 obey man A circus horse Gilpin redivivus Cavalry horses 

 and their habits of obedience The old horse at a review 

 Disbanded horses in a thunderstorm The 14th Hussars at the 

 Cape Escape of their horses An amateur review without 

 officers Muster of loose and wounded horses after battle Mr. 

 Luck's horse Imprisoned in winter Endurance of the horse 

 < Sam ' and his tricks 306 



