104 THE COMPLETE HORSEMAN 



day, showed it to the horse, and he straightway 

 made an excellent attempt to get at it. I 

 frequently after a hard day, gave him a pint 

 of beer as I was returning from hunting and he 

 managed very well if it was brought to him in 

 a basin. I have used Day Son & Hewitt's 

 Gaseous Fluid with capital effect as a cordial. 



The horse having had his drink should be 

 made comfortable as soon as possible. If the 

 men are there two men should set about him 

 at once, one at each side, and give him a thorough 

 good wisping. But they must bear in mind 

 that the sooner the horse is left the better and 

 they must content themselves with getting the 

 rough dirt and sweat marks off and the ears dry. 

 This latter point is essential to a horse's comfort. 

 The legs should not be washed, but they should 

 be briskly hand-rubbed to restore the circulation 

 and bandaged with warm dry bandages. 



The feeding of the horse when he comes in 

 from hunting is all that remains to be treated of. 

 He should be allowed to drink freely on coming 

 into the stable and given a lock of sweet hay 

 to pull at whilst he is being rubbed down. Then 

 he should be tried with another drink of gruel 

 and his mash given him. A couple of hours 

 later he should be visited to see if he is comfort- 

 able and he may be tried again to drink a little 

 gruel and a small feed of oats given him. I 

 should prefer to give him a small feed for it is 

 far better that he should clean them up and be 

 eager for his morning's corn than that the 



