RIG — RING-B ONE 



to go a lesser distance at home. If possible, therefore, it is a 

 good plan to hurdle off a space of ground out-of-doors of 

 exactly the dimensions of the judging ring at the show for 

 which the horses are being prepared, and to lay tan around the 

 sides, so as to familiarise them with the extent and size of 

 the ring. The best material to spread on the floor of a 

 riding school is tan, which requires to be kept just damp 

 in order to prevent its becoming dusty, and there should be 

 a gallery for spectators, whose presence is often desirable 

 during the concluding stages of a horse's schooling for a 

 show, as they assist in accustoming him to the sight of 

 unfamiliar objects. The Riding School of the Woodhatch 

 Stud, one of the most perfect in existence, measures 200 feet 

 by 50; there are twenty loose boxes attached to it, and a 

 spacious feeding house, supplied with all the most modern 

 appliances for preparing and storing food, the whole being 

 illuminated by electric light. 



Rig. — (a) An American term applied to the appointments 

 of a vehicle, including the rugs for the occupants' use. 



(b) An entire horse, one of whose stones has not come 

 down into the scrotum. 



Ring-bone. — Undoubtedly hereditary, is the result of 

 inflammation of the pastern bones, and is usually the result 

 of concussion acting upon weak or ill-made pasterns. It 

 can be detected in its earlier stages by lameness, accom- 

 panied by heat at the coronet or above it, in which case it 

 is called high ring-bone. The feet are usually comparatively 

 cool, but subsequently swellings appear on the sides of the 

 pastern bone, and if these spread round to the back, the case 

 is practically incurable. 



Treatment. — Remove the shoes, blister, and give the 

 horse a long rest on cooling food. (See Blistering, Side 

 Bones.) 



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