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slight, will ensue, and settle. in tlie most vulnerable 

 or most exercised parts of the animal's frame — prin- 

 cipally in the fore feet. The best means of pre- 

 venting or counteracting this ill effect, is by giving 

 the horse (if on a journey) every Saturday night, 

 half a bucket at least of bran mixed with cold water : 

 nor, because a change is made for the bran, let that 

 be any excuse for abridging his proper allowance 

 of corn. The better plan is to mix the bran and 

 corn tog-ether, makinor of the whole a thick wash, 

 and not as usual damp the bran only. Attention to 

 this recommendation v/ill improve the horse, with- 

 out injuring his appetite, as tvarm Tnashes are apt 

 to do. 



GRUEL AND CODLING. 



This is a mess i-urely I'equired by the roadster, 

 although some who would wish to appear more 

 knowing than their fellows, give it to their horses 

 without the least occasion. They have probably 

 heard that it is sometimes given to hunters after a 

 very hard run, and to trotters while performing a 

 match, and they conclude that what may be g'ood for 

 one time must be good at another, by the same rule, 

 that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the 

 gander. But it is not so in the present case. After 

 a hard day's run, it is frequently necessary to bleed 

 the hunter the moment the run is over, to prevent 

 his death. But who would think of bleeding a road- 

 ster after a moderate day's journey, because hunters 

 are occasionally obliged to undergo that operation 

 after excessive toil ] The reason for srivinsf hunters 

 gruel after very hard runs is the great prosti^ation of 

 their strength at the time. Their extreme ex- 

 haustion renders it necessary to supply them wdth 

 nutriment in a condensed form to enable them to 

 swallow it, and being thirsty from the fever about 

 them, this is the most convenient mode of admini* 



