MAKE — MANCHURIAN PONY 



oats. The London General Omnibus Company and other 

 large employees of horses, however, serve out a daily ration 

 of maize, mixed, of course, with other foods, but when given 

 it should always be cracked. (See Feeding,') 



Make. — See Conformation. 

 Making. — See Schooling. 



Mallenders consist of cracks which 

 appear in the skin at the backs of the 

 knees, as a result of the horse lying down 

 with his hind shoes rubbing against the 

 part of the fore - leg which is affected. 

 They are preceded by a good deal of 

 scurfiness and roughness of the hair, 

 and if not taken in time will grow deep 

 and cause a good deal of trouble and a 

 permanent blemish, owing to the flesh 

 thickening and becoming hard. 



Treatment. — Opening medicine and 

 cooling diet to reduce any heat of the 

 blood and tendency to fever ; wash the 

 cracks once with soft soap and warm 

 water, and apply daily an ointment of 

 burnt alum 60 grains, red oxide of 

 mercury 20 grains, well powdered, lard 

 7 drams. (See Sallenders.) 



Mallender. 



Manchurian Pony. — This is an extremely useful though 

 very slow pony which stands about 13 hands high or a 

 little over. Amongst the good points of this breed may be 

 mentioned a very robust constitution, surefootedness, and 

 exceptionally good legs and feet, which qualities doubtless 

 influenced Lieutenant Shackleton when he decided upon 

 taking some Manchurian ponies with him in his voyage to 

 the South Pole. The breed is somewhat heavier in build 



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