JAUNTING CAR—JIBBING 



feverish and loses flesh, whilst if the liver is pressed there is 

 very often pain. 



Treatment. — Place the horse on a cooling diet, giving him 

 plenty of bran, roots, and green meat, but little or no corn at 

 first, whilst he should be encouraged to drink plenty of water. 

 As a first dose give him 4 ounces of Epsom salts in i pint 

 of water, to be followed by 2 drams of ipecacuanha twice a day 

 in a ball, until the yellowness leaves the gums, but not for 

 more than a week. If there are signs of constipation an 

 enema may be tried, and he should have some exercise every 

 day. When better, a couple of ounces of bicarbonate of 

 soda may be mixed with his food for a week or two. (See 

 Enemas, Liver, Medicines.) 



Jaunting Car. — A name given to the Irish "outside car," 

 which is a two-wheeled vehicle, constructed to carry four 

 passengers and the driver. The passengers sit two on a side 

 back to back, with their feet on a movable platform outside 

 the wheels, which is so constructed as to turn up if desired. 

 There is also a space between the backs of the passengers 

 for luggage, the driver's seat being on a dickey in front. 

 (See Carriages.) 



Jaw. — The jaws of a horse extend from the chin groove 

 to the jowl in the case of the lower one, and from the nostrils 

 upwards in the upper one. 



Jennet. — The result of crossing a horse or pony stallion 

 with a she-ass. In America the term is applied to the latter. 

 (See Bardot, Hinny, Mute.) 



Jibbing is one of the most objectionable habits that a 

 horse can possess, as it consists of his more or less suddenly 

 refusing to move, or, what is worse, in some cases running 

 backwards. This is a serious matter when he has a vehicle 

 behind him, and therefore the first thing to do is to get to 

 his head and hold him. Sometimes then the jibber may be 



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