68 HORSES AND RIDING. 



CHAPTER XI. 



FEEDING. 



An important element in the care of a horse is the 

 quantity and description of food that he gets. It is 

 difficult to lay down any precise rules on this head, 

 there are so many different circumstances to ta.ke 

 into account. As a rule the better you feed a horse 

 the better he will look, but the more work he must 

 have, if he has any at all. By this I mean that a 

 horse will bear a good deal of feedings if he is in a 

 box and does no work at all ; but if he has any work 

 at all, the more corn he gets the more work he ought 

 to have, or he will both become lame and be unsafe to 

 ride. If a horse has regular work, and has to miss 

 a day's work, or two or three days, his corn should 

 be reduced in quantity while he remains off work, 

 and put on again when he begins work again. Four 

 quarterns, or one peck of corn, with a handful of 

 bran in each quartern, and one stone of hay, is 

 an allowance for a full-sized, full-grown horse for 

 twenty-four hours. When a horse is turned six 



