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ENGLISH HORSES 



terest at heart as well as his own, be steady, and 

 fond of every horse in the stable. 



Unless a man who looks after horses is genuinely 

 fond of them, and also is observant, nothing will 

 continue to be lucky for long in connection with 

 the stable he presides over, for " good luck is 

 good management" with horses and with pretty 

 nearly everything else. 



In conditioning time — or when you first take 



HEAD-COLLAR 



YEARLING HEAD-COLLAR 



(George Parker & Sons) 



horses up — stable work should commence at 5 a.m. 

 when regular hunting begins at 6 a.m. 



First of all, water your horse, a bucketful if 

 for fast work, then feed according as to the work 

 each horse has to perform. For exercising, horses 

 may have a bucketful of water. For hunting, 

 each horse should have one gallon, according to 

 the size of the horse. 



Horses required for fast work should only have 

 the best hay — a rack every night, but none in 

 the day-time — about two pounds of chopped hay 



