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have his equipment mixed with theirs. His stall should be dis- 

 infected, and his equipment sterilized after his recovery. 



Skin diseases, such as mange, ringworm, scratches, grease, 

 and those scurfy diseases at the bend of the hock and knee, 

 known as sallenders and mallenders, and the presence of vermin 

 in a horse's coat, are the surest indices of bad stable management. 



As a general rule, a horse of good conformation that is 

 properly fed and watered, thoroughly groomed and stabled in a 

 sanitary manner, will keep well. Hard work, unless pushed to 

 an unreasonable degree, will fatigue a horse, will at times greatly 

 exhaust him, but, unless his condition has been lowered by some 

 preventable cause, no permanent injury will result. 



The horse is made for fast or hard work. He is admirably 

 fashioned for it, but the natural laws of his existence must be 

 obeyed or he will break down before his time, not from over- 

 work, but from neglect. 



