12 HoRSK Training by Modern Methods. 



to keep the horse from hitting himself, thereby often 

 causing spHnts. 



After exercising, the legs should be rubbed and the 

 tendons massaged, then washed with cool water and flan- 

 nel bandages applied. The tendons are thereby support- 

 ed and wind-puffs and swellings prevented. 



Hozv to Adjust a Bandage. — A bandage should be 

 wound up with the tapes inside. Unroll six or eight inch- 

 es of it, and lay this loose portion obliquely across the 

 outside of the leg, close to the knee, with the end reach- 

 ing to about the center of that joint, and the rolled-up 

 part turned to the outside, and directed downward and 

 forward. The beginning should be continued around 

 the fetlock and upper part of the pastern, and brought 

 back close up below the knee. The loose end is then 

 turned down, and the folds of the bandage carried over 

 it. The tapes are tied a little above the center of the 

 cannon bone. (Hayes.) 



To Approacli an Uncertain Horse. — To go up to 

 an uncertain horse which is held or tied up in the 

 open, approach the fore leg on the near side at an 



