78 HORSE-MASTERSHIP 



Major Burns Lindow, who has been kind 

 enough to read through the proofs of this 

 book, has written as follows : " I think there 

 is just one weak spot in your work, so far as 

 we are regimentally concerned. I do not 

 doubt your treatment, and, provided a man 

 has his horse before the training, I think you 

 have shown us how sickness can be pre- 

 vented and how a man can bring his horse 

 clean to camp and free from bacteria in his 

 nose and windpipe ; but the horse which you 

 don't allow for, and which, in our case, is 

 nearly always the infection carrier, is the 

 dealers horse, either just bought or hired. 

 Can you tell men of any treatment which, im- 

 mediately the horse is in their hands, will 

 clean out the latent microbes before the horse s 

 lowered vitality gives the bacteria a chance of 

 starting work ?" This is a most important 

 question, and I am particularly glad to have 

 been asked it, as it reminds me of one thing 

 I forgot, and also gives me a chance to 

 explain. My answer will not, I fear, be 

 considered quite satisfactory. Major Lindow 

 suggests syringing out the nose and throat. 

 I am sorry to say that I fear this could do no 

 good. A disinfectant strong enough to kill 



