HORSE— CARE AND MANAGEMENT 



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HORSE, Hoof-Bound. — Cut down sev- 

 eral lines from the coronet to the toe all 

 around the hoof, and fill the cuts with 

 tallow and soap mixed ; take off the shoes, 

 and (if you can spare him) turn the ani- 

 mal into a wet meadow, where his feet 

 will be kept moist. Never remove the 

 sole or burn the lines down, as this in- 

 creases instead of diminishing the evil. 



HORSE, Hair, Loss of. — To promote the 

 growth of hair, where the skin has been 

 deadened by bruises or rubbing, take of 

 quinine eight grains, finely powdered 

 galls ten grains, powdered capsicum five 

 grains, oil of almonds and pure lard of 

 each one ounce, oil of lavender twenty 

 drops ; mix thoroughly, and apply a small 

 quantity to the denuded parts two or 

 three times a week. Where there is fall- 

 ing out of the hair of the mane and tail, 

 take glycerine two ounces, sulphur one 

 ounce, acetate of lead two drachms, 

 water eight ounces. To be well mixed, 

 and applied by means of a sponge. 



HORSE, Halter Pulling.— A new way 

 to prevent horses pulling at the halter, is 

 to put a very small rope under the horse's 

 tail, bringing the ends forward, crossing 

 them on the back, and tying them on the 

 breast. Put the halter strap through the 

 ring, and tie to the rope in front of the 

 breast. When the horse pulls, he will, of 

 course, find himself in rather an uncom- 

 fortable position, and discontinue the 

 effort to free himself. 



HORSE, Ringbone, Remedies. — Pul- 

 verized cantharides, oils of spike, origa- 

 num, amber, cedar, Barbadoes tar, and 

 British oil, of each two ounces; oil of 

 wormwood one ounce spirits of turpen- 

 tine four ounces, common potash half 

 ounce, nitric acid six ounces, oil of vitriol 

 (sulphuric acid) four ounces, and lard 

 three pounds. Melt the lard and slowly 

 add the acids; stir well and add the oth- 

 ers, stirring until cold. Clip off the hair, 

 and apply by rubbing and heating in; in 

 about three days, or when it is done run- 

 ning, wash off with suds and apply again. 

 In old cases it may take three or four 

 weeks, but in recent cases two or three 

 applications will cure. — 2. Take half pint 

 spirits of turpentine, half ounce blue- 

 stone, half ounce of red precipitate. 

 Shake well and use every morning ; and 

 keep the hoof well greased. This will 

 not only take off the hair, but cause a 



severe blister, which, after healing, if 

 there still be signs of lameness, repeat the 

 remedy. 



HORSE, Scratches.— If a horse's blood 

 is pure he will not have the scratches. 

 Give him a tablespoonful of saltpetre 

 every day for fifteen days, and be careful 

 about his taking cold while feeding it. 

 It opens the pores, so that he will take 

 cold very easy. Along with this take 

 pure, dry white lead, pure oxide of zinc, 

 and glycerine, of each half an ounce; 

 fresh lard (free from rancidity) 1 *4 ounce. 

 Mix the white lead, oxide of zinc and 

 glycerine to a uniform, smooth paste, 

 then add the lard, a little at a time, till a 

 uniform, smooth ointment is formed. 

 Wash the parts with Castile soap and 

 water, and dry with a cloth, then apply 

 the ointment two or three times daily 

 with the fingers. Wash once in two or 

 three days, and dry the spot well before 

 dressing again. 



The horse should stand on a plank 

 floor kept clean and dry; and if used, 

 all dust, sand and dirt should be washed 

 off, so that the affected parts may remain 

 clean. If these directions are strictly 

 carried out, it will seldom, if ever, fail to 

 cure the very worst cases within a reason- 

 able time. 



HORSE, Sweeny. — A horse is said to 

 be sweenied when the muscles of the 

 shoulder appear to have perished away, 

 and the skin seems to be attached closely 

 to the shoulder-blade. These symptoms 

 may arise from chronic lameness in the 

 foot or other part of the limb. In such 

 case, of course it is of no use to apply 

 remedies to the shoulder. Cure the foot, 

 and the shoulder will come right, although 

 stimulants and rubbing will expedite it. 

 But genuine sweeny is quite different from 

 the above, although the appearances are 

 the same. It is caused by hard drawing 

 in a collar that is too large ; or where no 

 whiffletree is ever used, but the traces are 

 hitched directly to the thills, as in "jump- 

 ers,' as they are called; or by jumping 

 fences, or the like. The presence of real 

 sweeny may be discovered by moving the 

 horse in a circle, or causing him to step 

 over bars, when you can generally deter- 

 mine the seat of the lameness. For such 

 cases irritants with friction, is the proper 

 treatment. Blistering liniment, or seton, 



