174 CARE AND TRAINING OF TROTTERS AND PACERS. 



Masturbation. 



I have a stallion, bred in the purple, that several weeks ago looked 

 like 2:10. Since the extreme hoi weather he has lost his lick or trot 

 by reason of abuse as we think. He will stand at his door with men 

 all around him and masturbate. We have shield and ring on but 

 with no success. Would feeding saltpeter prevent same, and if so 

 in what quantities. It is used extensivel.v at college and in the 

 armies. Why not for horses? — (.7. O. F.. Del.) 



Stop all grain feed and let the stallion live on 

 good hay, wheat, bran and roots. Put him to hard 

 work in harness so that he will become reduced 

 in condition. Bathe with cold water, three times 

 a day, along course of penis. Ice may be put in 

 the water at first. If the vice continues, give him 

 a dram of iodide of potash twice a day until he 

 starts to discharge from the eyes or show other 

 symptoms o-f iodism, at which time the drug" 

 should be discontinued. It will be likely to cause 

 temporary impotence. If possible, the stallion 

 should be bred to a mare daily. The iodide of pot- 

 ash is commonly used in such cases, but we do not 

 know how effective saltpeter (nitrate of potash) 

 would prove. No harm in trying it in dram doses 

 two or three times a day. It acts strongly on the 

 kidneys, but does not readily poison a horse. — 

 (Answer bv Dr. A. S. Alexander.) 



