MANAGEMENT OF HORSES. 



CHAP. II. 



DIRECTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF 

 HORSES. 



The proper method of treating horses depends 

 wholly on the use for which they may be kept. 

 Such as are kept by the farmer for husbandry sel- 

 dom require bleeding or purging, except in cases 

 which evidently demand those operations. The 

 racer, hunter, and hack, require the particular care 

 and attention of the groom in their management ; 

 as some of them are not able to stand full feeding 

 until they are properly cleansed Math physic. 

 Bleeding should be avoided, except in those cases 

 where thei'e is a tendency towards inflammation. 

 It would be foreign to the plan of this work to 

 offer any remarks on the subject of feeding and 

 the management of horses. Their food consists 

 chiefly of grain and herbage, which, if good in 

 quality, and dispensed with judgment (not omit- 

 ting proper exercise and dressing), will secure him 

 from those complicated disorders to which he is 

 liable by improper treatment. 



