38 NOTES FOR HUNTING-MEN 



Directly horses are back from exercise, groom 

 thoroughly. Litter down. 



12.0. — Water and feed. Arrange stable ; have 

 night riig brushed and folded up ; bedding 

 thoroughly turned over. 



3.O.— Feed. 



5.O.— Hay up ; remove dung, &c. ; groom well 

 with wisp ; put on night clothing. 



6.0. — Water and feed. 



9.O.— Stud groom to visit stables, feeding 

 horses if necessary. 



Wednesday, Saturday. — Give linseed mash 

 (unless horse is hunting next day). 



The manger to be well scrubbed with salt the 

 next morning. 



To make a Mash. — Take a clean galvanised- 

 iron bucket. Put at bottom a half feed of crushed 

 oats. Fill bucket half full of bran. Pour hoiling 

 water on the bran until it wdll absorb no more. 

 Then put a layer of dry bran on top to keep in the 

 heat. Leave it for two hours ; add a handful of 

 common salt, and stir it just before giving. If 

 linseed be given, leave it soaking in hoiling water 

 until it gets into a jelly ; then put it on top of 

 wet bran, and cover with the dry bran as before. 

 Do not : 



(a) Eemove saddle or pad until ready to dry 

 back, not until at least twenty minutes 



