72 HORSEMANSHIP. 



refuses to eat his oats, let him be fed upon malt mashes, 

 having a little honey or sugar mixed in them. In 

 bedding up, if the horse's legs are in a state of acute 

 inflammation, the bandages must be taken off, the legs 

 well sponged, and re-bandaged with fresh wet and dry 

 bandages. Always use both wet and dry bandages 

 after a hard day's work, in preference to wet ban- 

 dages only, even if there be acute inflammation present. 

 In the absence of the horse from the stable, the stall 

 or loose box ought to be well cleansed and washed ; 

 his clothing well aired, well beaten, and well brushed. 

 These particulars are greatly neglected in most of 

 the hunting stables in the kingdom. 



Early in the morning have him re-shod, if necessary, 

 and examine minutely all the legs for wounds, strains, 

 thorns, and over-reaches. Extract the thorns, cut off 

 the loose flesh from the over-reach, and wash the 

 wounds free from every particle of sand and dirt. 

 Use salt and water for saddle-galls, and bandage with 

 wet bandages all the legs ; the fore-legs, from the 

 coronets to the knees ; and the hind-legs, from the 

 coronets to the hocks. Roll dry bandages over them, 

 unless there be violent inflammation, as in strains of 

 the back sinew, &c., in which case the dry bandage 



