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ing oats and ground feed, wet with cold water; at 

 noon the same; at night the full mess of ground feed 

 made into a mash each and every day. Salt and gin- 

 ger are good two or three times a week. Some horses 

 will require more feed than others, but as. a rule four 

 quarts will be suflficient for the largest horse. 



The Road Horse. — Water before being fed every 

 meal; oats dampened for breakfast, oats dampened 

 for dinner, and a mash every evening of a good arti- 

 cle of ground feed, and a fair supply of good hay. 

 Keep him well groomed, clothed and shod, with good 

 bed, and he will endure a good deal of roading. 



FEEDING AND FITTING TROTTERS. 



There are very many different opinions given as to 

 the proper mode of caring for and grooming the trot- 

 ter or race horse. 



First, get the horse in proper shape by preparing 

 the feet, next the system. In order to do this the feet 

 should be kept clean every time he is driven; then 

 apply the hoof ointment until the foot is soft and pli- 

 able enough, and keep it so. 



Then to prepare the system, feed moderately to 

 start, keep the bowels in a smooth, soluble condition 

 by giving plenty of flaxseed, mucilage and seeds, in 

 mash once a day, until you have got the desired effect; 

 then give the System Powder morning and evening 

 for eight days; then skip from eight to sixteen days, 

 if they have had their desired effect. Clothe accord- 

 ing to the season and circumstances; commence with 

 moderate work; do not get the animal excited by 

 overdoing matters; keep him feeling in the best of 

 spirits; see that his teeth do not interfere with his 

 driving on one rein, or make him slobber in feeding 

 and watering; give at the evening meal the heaviest 



