108 LESSONS IN HORSE JLTDGING. 



the aiitnran when the horse has on a long coat he 

 will feel distress earlier, and congestion of the lungs 

 will be more easily induced. If exercise be not 

 followed by quieted respiration some defect is 

 present. Of course if undue exercise has been 

 taken, then the lungs, although healthy, may have 

 become congested. Again, attention should be 

 given to the movements of the ribs on either side. 

 The ribs should expand freely on both sides. In 

 some diseases of the lungs one may become ' deaf,' 

 or a great part of one may be so, then the work is 

 thrown on to the sound lung, and the breathing 

 capabilities so much decreased. This shows itself 

 by the affected side having more limited movement. 

 As a general thing, fat, gross subjects have a 

 diminished breathing capacity, therefore they are 

 sooner distressed, and their breathing does not 

 quiet down so soon after exertion. Pregnancy 

 encroaches still more on the breathing capacities. 

 Horses used to going out of a walking pace are 

 more likely to have good breathing capacities than 

 those used for slow work. With draught horses, 

 pulling a load will give a better idea of breathing 

 capabilities than any other exercise— care being 

 taken that the collar fits well and does not bear on 

 the wind pipe. 



Some strike and threaten a horse up against a 

 wall, or while standing in his stall with a stick. 

 Such a proceeding does not try the ' wind,' but will 

 in some cases elicit the peculiar grunt or roar in 



