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''Another method of detecting a roarer, in favour with man}-, is to 

 strike, or feint at striking, the horse on the body. If the animal so 

 treated, in addition to the usual signs of alarm, should give utterance 

 to a prolonged grunt, he is immediately designated by the con- 

 temptuous epithet of a 'bull,' being a smooth way of indicating 

 that he can and does 'roar.' One symptom which often exists in 

 connection with roaring is cough of a peculiar kind ; and among the 

 tests of soundness is the practice of squeezing the larjmx, or wind- 

 pipe, in order to cause the animal to cough, and thus betray by 

 the sound emitted the unsoundness which otherwise might remain 

 latent.'* 



There is no cure for this malady : but by placing pads over the 

 nostrils with straps, so as to lessen their area, a horse may be 

 rendered capable of working with comparative ease. 



Give the horse as little whole hay as possible, but feed him on 

 ground oats, chopped hay, and a regular daily supply of carrots. 



Judicious management in the way of feeding, grooming, and exer- 

 cise may do much towards preserving a "roarer" in the best con- 

 dition for a long time. Medicines should generally be tonic in their 

 action. Iodide of potassium, in doses of half a drachm, with nitrate 

 of potash one drachm, and sulphur two drachms, may be combined, 

 and given in the food, either mash or corn, and repeated three times 

 a week, until some improvement takes place, when the medicine 

 should be discontinued for a time, and again employed in the same 

 manner so long as any benefit appears to attend its use. 



EUBBINa MANE AND TAIL. 



No. 1. — First ascertain the cause. Sometimes the tail is rubbed 

 from the irritation of worms, at others from lice in the roots of the 

 hair, and in others again from a heated state of the body. Wash 

 the affected parts daily with soft soap and hot water, rub dry, 

 and bathe with a solution of potash every other hour, and sprinkle 

 nightly over the corn twenty drops of liquor arsenicalis. Some use 

 a ^Ib. mercurial ointment mixed with lib. of the soft soap, allowing 

 the mixture to remain on a day or two and then washing clean with 

 warm water ; or the mercurial ointment may be used alone, rubbing 

 a small quantity well into the roots of the hair. 



No. 2. — Apply a teaspoonfnl of sulphuric acid to half -pint distilled 

 water. Before applying the lotion, wash the affected parts with 

 soft soap and hot water, and then thoroughly dry. Rub the lotion 

 on the parts twice or thrice a day with a sponge. 



No. 3. — Carbonate of soda, two teaspoonfuls ; distilled water, half- 



