OR, The Turn Out. 106 



"A sick horse should have a constant supply of clean 

 water at stable temperature; also, in small quantities, bran.; 

 linseed or oil cake, oats and bay of the best quality. 



** He should not be taken out to exercise unless the weather 

 be dry and geuial, and then quietly until he has recovered. 



"He should be groomed with a brush and dry cloth 

 quietly and quickly, and if the legs be cold, put on dry 

 bandages lightly. 



"The stable should have sufficient ventilation without 

 draught ; if any foulness arise from the floor, a little fresh 

 lime mixed with ashes or sawdust, or other disinfectant, 

 should be sprinkled over the floor, and a clean bed kept." 



It should be borne in mind that the horse cannot work 

 upon a full belly, hence the necessity for its first feed being 

 given early in the day, and with punctuality, — as much 

 earlier, and certainly not later, than the times set down 

 above. 



For the Hackney Horse, the quantity of food should be 

 regulated by the judgment of the groom, but the quality 

 should be none other than the best. The horse that is 

 worked hard requires more food than the one that has little 

 work, and the number of feeds and quantities given should 

 be in accordance with the work, ^ize, build, and stamina of 

 the horse One peck of good, clean, sound oats, a few hand- 

 fuls of beans, and about ten pounds of sweet hay divided 

 into three or four meals per day is the usual quantity for 

 the average hack. A little cut hay or chafl' will cause the 

 horse to masticate his food, and take more time over it ; 

 and this is very desirable, it being a well known fact that 

 corn greedily bolted loses half its nutrition. A handful of 

 bran gives the feed a wholesome fragrance, and a little 

 water"* flavoured with salt and sprinkled over the hay and 

 chaff" makes it exceedinglj^ palatable. A lump of rock salt 

 in the manger is decidedly wholesome, and is calculated to 

 find good occupation for the horse, and will at the same 

 time tend greatly to prevent crib- biting. 



For the Cart Horse, 8 lbs. of oats and 2 lbs. beans to 20 lbs. 

 chaff*, or average 34 to 36 lbs. of the mixture for each horse 



* One extensive firm of horse owners (Messrs. Walter Showell & Son, Cross- 

 well's Brewery, Oldbury. near Birmingham) have adopted an original system of 

 substituting porter, with success, which treatment carries one back to the good 

 old days "when George III, was king;" and, to the indulgences shown to 

 ** Bonny Black Bess." 



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