GOVERNESS CART— GREAT HORSE 



and cause the tail to be set low down. (See Drooping 

 Quarters.) 



Governess Cart. — A small, two-wheeled vehicle con- 

 structed to carry four, and with no driver's seat. Those 

 riding in it sit two aside and face to face, the driver 

 usually being next to the horse on the off side. 



Grass forms an excellent summer food for horses, as it 

 is cooling to the blood, but its nutritive properties are not 

 high, and it is certain to create looseness of the bowels. 

 Alone, therefore, it is not a sufficient food for a horse in 

 work, though in cases of sickness or those of animals which 

 are doing nothing, grass is very good indeed ; but it varies 

 in quality according to the soil on which it grows, a fact 

 which should be borne in mind. (See Ergot, Mildew, Rust, 

 Smut, also Pasture.) 



Grass Rings are the ridges which extend round the 

 outside of some horses' feet after the animals have been out 

 in damp meadows for some time, or have been standing in 

 water. (See Fever Rings.) 



Grease is an offensive, greasy discharge from the 

 pasterns or hollow of the heels, owing to the increase of oil in 

 the skin, which is the result of inflammation. After a time 

 the skin cracks and ulcerates and the legs swell, causing 

 the animal considerable pain, which culminates in lameness. 

 Heavy horses are the principal sufferers from grease, which 

 is usually due to their being neglected and kept in dirty 

 stables. 



Treatment. — If there is much inflammation the pasterns 

 may be fomented with hot water, or poulticed, and oxide of 

 zinc ointment, carbolised oil, or bluestone applied to the 

 parts affected. 



Great Horse was the name by which the heavy or war 

 horse of our ancestors was known. These animals, though 



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