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and sunshine — Into your stable. If you do 

 this really and thoroughly, you will bring 

 your horse to camp without any disease germs 

 in his nose or throat, which means that, no 

 matter what the weather Is like, he will get 

 no cough or fever. Of course, while in camp 

 you will be careful not to hand him on these 

 germs by wiping out his nostrils with another 

 man's sponge, which may, for all you know, 

 be full of the germs of cough or fever. 



I hope that I may pass from this subject, 

 having convinced you all that It is worth 

 while to try my prescription of absolute 

 cleanliness as a preventive of disease for 

 horses ; and if I have succeeded in this, I 

 can promise you that you will all notice how 

 short the sick lines appear in next and future 

 years. Of course I know that, in view of 

 the number of horses hired out of dirty and 

 dark stables, It is impossible, as we are at 

 present constituted, to hope that the South 

 Irish Horse could do without sick lines, 

 except for horses suffering from the results 

 of accidents. But might I suggest to those 



