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THE OIBCTJLATIOK. 



To keep a horse doing well, constant attention is necessary to 

 little things — watchfulness in driving ; if the road is heavy, and 

 the horse shows fatigue or is warming up excessively, hold him 

 up and let out on smooth, descending pieces of road — a very little 

 driving without regard to this prudence will often get a horse 



"ofF his feed," if 

 not cause sick- 

 ness; properly 

 clothing and pro- 

 tecting a horse 

 when warm af- 

 ter a drive; care 

 not to give so 

 much cold water 

 as to chill ; if 

 there is chill or 

 inclination to 

 fever or the horse 

 is " off his feed " 

 after a drive, 

 giving a little 

 fever medicine, 

 with any other 

 prompt measures 

 to relieve the de- 

 rangement at its 

 commencement, may prevent a severe attack of congestion or in- 

 flammation, if not save the life of the horse. It is in attention to 

 these little things that the real key of the owner's success lies in 

 the care of his horses. 



The simplest and best methods of treatment for all the ordinary 

 causes of sickness and lameness will be found on the following 

 pages. 



I would add in this connection that there are really but few 

 diseases which are very dangerous or common to horses, and if the 

 owner can be so aided as to successfully manage these difficulties, 

 Riich knowledge must be invaluable to him. These difficulties 

 comprise colic, inflammation of the lungs, founder, navicular- 

 joint lameness, and shoeing. A horse may die in a few hours from 



Fig. 636. — Horizontal section through the middle plane of 



Three Peyerian glands, showing the distribution of 



the blood-vessels in their interior. 



