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CHAPTER XVI. 



The lungs of the horse and their comparative size — Their shape 

 and position — Their demand for air — Defective stables — Venti- 

 lation — A shining coat — The stomach of the horse and its 

 small size — Comparison with the stomach of the ox — Mistakes 

 in feeding — Result of over-loading the stomach — Experience 

 of a veterinary surgeon — Water, when to give, and how much 

 — Traditions of trainers — A Turkish custom — Purity of water 

 and water vessels — Sloping floors and their evils — The loco- 

 motive and the horse again — A sloping couch — The manger 

 and drinking trough — Structure of the head and throat — The 

 stable door — Width of stalls — 'Weaving' and crib-biting — 

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CHAPTER XVII. 



The horse and the locomotive again — ' Vice ' in horses and its in- 

 variable cause — Mayhew's opinion — Vice in cavalry horses — 

 The soldier and the ' irreclaimable ' savage — New mode of 

 treatment. — Apparent failure and ultimate success — A relapse 

 when in strange hands — Another ' irreclaimable ' savage — 

 Story of ' Fly,' ' The Baroness ' and ' War Eagle,' all three 

 being New Zealand horses — The horse's capacity for affection 

 — Its peculiar love for man — The horse a gregarious animal — 

 Bulgarian horses — ' Spoiled ' horses — The horse's desire to 

 obey man — A circus horse — Gilpin redivivus — Cavalry horses 

 and their habits of obedience — The old horse at a review — 

 Disbanded horses in a thunderstorm — The 14th Hussars at the 

 Cape — Escape of their horses — An amateur review without 

 officers — Muster of loose and wounded horses after battle — Mr. 

 Luck's horse— Imprisoned in winter — Endurance of the horse — 

 ' Sam ' and his tricks ••■•••■• SOQ 



