:36 A HUNTING CATECHISM 



Q. What should always be attended to, if the 

 sides of the walls are left rough, as built ? 



A. That no excrescences or inequalities exist 

 in the bricks, as a very slight ledge may cause 

 the hoofs to hitch when a horse is rolling, and a 

 fatal accident may result. If there is any panel- 

 ling employed either for partitions or otherwise, 

 every board should be placed perpendicularly, 

 and not horizontally, for it is extraordinary how 

 little power a horse possesses of releasing itself 

 when lying on its back, and what a very tiny 

 space between two boards may effectually cause 

 it to get " cast," if the hoofs get caught in it. 

 Fatal injuries may ensue from the struggles of 

 the captive to release itself. 



Q. What is a good arrangement for mangers 

 and hay-racks ? 



A. Mangers are now frequently made of iron, 

 which gives the advantage of being easily kept 

 clean ; but the drawback is that such are 

 necessarily small, and consequently an excitable 

 horse, which constantly raises its head while 

 eating, every time drops some of the oats among 

 the bedding. Many horses do this on purpose, 

 and afterwards scrape away the straw, when such 

 is used for litter, and pick up the scattered grain ; 

 but if other material is used for bedding, peat- 

 moss, sawdust, or shavings, the oats cannot 

 always be recovered. Iron mangers should 

 always have a " lip " round the inside to prevent 

 a common trick amongst horses of shoving some 

 of their oats out with their muzzle when a 

 manger is small ; and to stop this practice, when 

 the mangers are wooden ones, they should always 

 be of considerable length, so that an animal can 



