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'' The effects of cold water vary according to the quantity given, and 

 according to the state of the horse. Two or three quarts will not do any 

 harm, or at the most it will set the coat on end. If the horse be very hot, 

 this small quantity is very refreshing to him, and may be given with perfect 

 safety. If the day be very warm, and the horse kept in gentle motion, 

 twice or thrice as much will do no harm, however warm the horse may be. 

 Yet none should be given till one or two minutes after the horse is pulled up. 

 Let him recover his wind for a minute before he drinks. A large quantity, 

 say a pailful, of very cold water to a horse at rest, not heated by exertion, 

 may make him shiver or it may produce pain of the belly, cramp of the 

 bowels." — Johti Stewart, " Stable Economy,'' p. 324 et seq. 



" The best plan regarding the water of horses in the stable is to allow 

 them a constant supply of it in their stalls. If this cannot be done, they 

 ought to be watered before each feed, or at least twice a day in cold weather, 

 and three times in hot. 



" However hot and perspiring a horse may be, he should get his water 

 at once before he cools down ; but if he cannot get it until he is cool, he 

 should be given a smaller amount, and some more at intervals of five 

 minutes or so." — M. H. Hayes, '^Training and Horse Management in 

 India,'' p. 80. 



TIME OF FEEDING AND WATERING. 



When horses are employed in regular work, i. e., cover- 

 ing from eight to twelve miles day in and day out, it has 

 been found advisable to divide the daily allowance of fodder 

 into four feeds ; but in the average private stable circum- 

 stances usually make it most convenient to feed the horses 

 three times per day. In the morning, at 6 a. m., the horses 

 should be given all the water they will take and from four 

 to six pounds of hay. At the time the servants go to their 

 breakfast the grain should be given. The horses should 

 be again watered at half past eleven, and at twelve receive 

 their second feed of grain. At five-thirty p. m. they should 

 be ^iven an amount of water according to the work they have 



