MISCELLANEOUS. 423 



THE ONLY SAFE AND PRACTICAL WAY TO 

 GIVE A HORSE MEDICINE. 



Much difficulty is experienced in giving medi- 

 cine to a horse, but those who view and compre- 

 hend the foregoing illustration will see how easily 

 all difficulty may be removed. In administering 

 the medicine while the animal is standing, there 

 is a constant liability to annoyance from the 

 danger of strangling, by holding the head too 

 high, or of spilling the medicine, in which cases 

 the owner is foiled and the horse is left to surfer. 

 The idea as illustrated, of which I claim to be 

 the originator, though simple in itself is of great 

 importance. 



Directions. If your horse is standing, use the 

 directions previously given to throw him ; when 

 down, turn his mouth upward and pull a little on 

 the cord used in throwing him ; when he will 

 open his mouth, and you can give the medicine 



