THE NEW POCKET FARRIER. 57 



HARD RIDING. 



If you ride hard, and go in hot, your horse will be 

 off his stonnach ; then is your time to guard against a 

 surfeit, which is always attended with the grease, the 

 farcy, or both; the symptons are staring ojf the coat, 

 and hide-bound. 



Staring of the coat will appear the very next morning. 

 To prevent which, as soon as you dismount rub him 

 well, cover him, pick his feet, throw a handful or two of 

 beans before him, and litter him deep. Go immediately 

 and boil, for a cordial, half a pound of aniseeds in a 

 quart of ale, pour it upon half a pound of honey, into 

 a bowl or bason ; brew it about, till it is almost as cold 

 as blood, then give it (with a horn) seeds and all. 



To cure him, feed as usual, but keep him warmly 

 clothed ; give him warm water that night, and next 

 morning. A mash will do well that night, and lest the 

 cordial should not have force enough to carry off the 

 surfeit, you must give him (after all, and just before bed 

 time) one of those balls directed in page 51. 



To prevent stiffness : supple and wash his legs with 

 greasy dish-wash, or water and soap, as hot as a man 

 can bear his hand in it, with a dish-clout, and by no 

 means take him out of the stable that night. Grease 

 Jiis hoofs, and stop his feet with the following ball ; it is 

 safe and innocent : two or three handfuls of bran put 

 into a little saucepan with as much grease of any kind 

 as will moisten it. Let it cool, and put a ball of it 

 into each fore foot. 



Cover each ball with a little tow or straw, and put a 

 couple of splints over that, to keep it in all night. This 

 do every night if you please throughout your journey, it 

 IS good at any time if he lie still ; but these balls are 



