MANGERS— MARKINGS 



kerosine oil one part, mixed with flowers of sulphur to form 

 a thick paste, may be preferred. (See Lice.) 



Mangers should always be made of either iron or hard 

 wood ; otherwise the horses are apt to gnaw them, and may 

 thereby contract the evil habit of crib-biting, whilst wooden 

 ones cannot be properly cleaned out after a mash, and there- 

 fore are liable to become sour. The manger ought also 

 to be wide enough to enable a horse to eat out of it com- 

 fortably, and sufficiently deep to prevent him wasting his 

 food by pushing it out with his nose. 



Mangolds do not form an ideal form of food for high- 

 class horses, though the latter like them, and therefore as an 

 occasional change they may be given. When so they should 

 be sliced small and mixed with the allowance of chop. (See 

 Feedings Swedes, Ttcrnips.) 



Manners not only make a man, but a horse as well, as 

 no animal can be regarded as really valuable for any sort 

 of work which does not readily obey the will of the person 

 controlling him, and do so in a graceful, willing style. No 

 doubt the natural disposition of an animal exercises a good 

 deal of influence upon his manners, but good breaking, good 

 schooling, and good horsemanship are responsible for their 

 share. Conversely, bad breaking, bad riding or driving, 

 and bad bitting will ruin the best manners in the world. 

 (See Bitting, Breaking, Schooling.) 



Markings at one time were matters to which far more 

 importance was attached than is the case at present. Of 

 late years, and particularly in connection with the hackney, 

 a superfluity of white is tolerated which a generation ago 

 would have taken many pounds off the value of a horse. 

 As a consequence, high honours in the show ring are bestowed 

 upon hideously marked animals, disfigured by white patches 

 on the belly or sides, white lips, and other similar disfigure- 



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