I90 GIVING BALLS, DEBILITY 



of fever, weak pulse, steaming coat, a nasty cough, 

 running at the nose, inflamed eyes. 



According to that still eminent authority, 

 Stonehenge, in the " Horse in the Stable and 

 the Field," published by Routledge & Sons, a 

 useful treatment is to take : — 



Mix and give as a drench, night and morning. 



Now influenza is a common complaint, and 

 one which affords a good illustration of an 

 amateur (who is a little uncertain as to whether 

 any of his stud suffer from it or not) behaving 

 in a manner which places him above a mere 

 petty owner. He may acknowledge that he is 

 uncertain — if he is so — or he may treat the case 

 on the quiet, and then, when in fear that he is 

 doing so in a way likely to injure his pocket, 

 he may send for the vet. 



As regards prevention. In the case of a fair- 

 sized stud there is no necessity in well-planned 

 stables to have the buildings so arranged that 

 flue almost necessarily attacks every horse. 

 Several in the same stable might catch it, but 

 others might escape through being in a separate 

 portion of the building. A hospital where sick 

 horses are isolated on the slightest suspicion is 

 invaluable ; and this, as all the rest of the stables, 

 should be frequently — even daily — washed down 

 with bucketfuls of water, a few grains of per- 

 manganate of potash in each. This is a cheap 



