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without clothesj he should be mounted quickly, 

 and rode off in good pace, to prevent him from 

 catching cold. On returning, his feet and 

 legs should be washed clean, and picked out, 

 which will keep the heels sound, and free 

 from thrushes and other sores. 



Air and exercise are essential to the existence 

 of every animal on the face of the earth j and 

 none suffer more deplorably for the want of it 

 than horses. In a state of Inactivity, they are 

 as spiritless and unpleasant as they are the re- 

 verse when in exercise j besides which, they 

 are liable to the accumulation of numberless 

 disorders, such as colds in the limbs, swellings 

 of the feet and legs, loss of appetite, weak- 

 nesses, &c. when submitted to rigid confine- 

 ment. Those horses, therefore, which are 

 kept for the purposes of pleasure only, (and 

 it may be fairly presumed that those of every 

 other description have as great a share as is 

 necessary,) should have a proper portion of 

 daily exercise and air, if their value be pro- 

 perly appreciated. 



In purchasing hay, never choose that which 

 lias a musty and disagreeable smell. It is an 

 iadication of its having been put up too soon, 



