BLOWING OVER FOOD — BOLTING 



Blowing over Food. — It is never a good thing to give 

 a bad doer or sick horse more food than he is Hkely to eat, 

 or, for that matter, a healthy animal either. If there is corn 

 or hay left over, especially if the horse is off his feed, his 

 breath will not make it sweet or palatable-looking after it has 

 stood before him for some time, 

 and he will probably decline to 

 eat it altogether. 



Bluff. — The bandage, with 

 leathern sockets for the eyes, 

 which is put over the foreheads 

 of bad - tempered or excitable 

 stallions to keep them quiet. 



A Bluff. 



Body Brush. — An oval-shaped, short-haired brush, with 

 a strip of webbing secured to the back for the hand of the 

 groom to pass through. The body brush is the principal 

 article of stable equipment that is used in grooming a horse. 

 (See Curry-comb, Grooming?) 



Body-sheet. — See Clothing. 



Bog-spavin is a soft swelling on the 

 inner front side of the hock, and is usually 

 a result of concussion. If there is no in- 

 flammation, lameness is rarely present ; 

 but should there be, the part must be 

 fomented, and subsequently be dressed 

 twice a day with tincture of iodine. Rest, 

 cooling medicine, and food will usually 

 assist in effecting an improvement. 



Bog-spavin. 



Bolting. — A horse that has once bolted, in nine cases 

 out of ten, remains for the rest of his existence a source of 

 danger to those who use him, as having learned his power, 



