HINTS FOR SECOND HORSEMEN. 29 



girths, take off his bridle, give him some chill 

 water, that is very lukewarm water ; that is better 

 than gruel, which is apt to turn sour, and give him 

 a bit of good old sweet hay. On no account give 

 him hay which is at all musty. A few handfuls of 

 good oats are better than that. Pick up his feet 

 and examine them all round and get him to stale. 

 Some horses stale better after having had their 

 drink. Ten or fifteen minutes is quite long enough 

 to stop. 



On arrival home report at once to the groom 

 what the horses have done, whether it has been a 

 hard day or not : if they have coughed or fallen 

 lame, hit themselves or been down, and if he has 

 put up, and where. 



