82 TAMING HORSES. 



HOW TO TREAT A HORSE UPON A JOUR- 

 NEY. 



From September to March, never feed your 

 horse at noon. It is good to start early in the 

 morning. Wlien you stop to eat breakfast, un- 

 loose your girt, and, if the weather be warm, take 

 off the saddle. If you stop for dinner, do the same. 

 Let your horse drink as often as he pleases ; but 

 give him nothing to eat, till you stop at night, or, 

 rather, a little before sun-set. When you stop, it 

 is good, if your horse is warm, to let him walk 

 about a few minutes, before you take off the sad- 

 dle. When he gets perfectly dry, have him cur- 

 ried ; and,' in very warm weather, bathe him. 

 Give him fodder for an hour before you give him 

 his corn, if you feed with corn ; but if with oats or 

 barley, you may give either to him at the same 

 time that you give him his hay. When you start 

 in the morniug, go on rather moderately till ten or 

 eleven o'clock. Then you may go a little faster, 

 and increase your pace in the afternoon. When 

 you stop at night, give your horse as much corn 

 and fodder as he will eat. Let hay or fodder re- 



