258 TRAINING THE TROTTING HORSE. 



and rebandao^ed if he is being given lots of work. 

 After he is well rubbed out, his feet washed, and he is 

 w^alked inahght sheet until quite dry, he is " done up" 

 for the morning. It is not well to keep him tied up 

 longer than is necessary for it is irritating and annoy- 

 ing to the horse, and gives him no chance to rest. I 

 would never tie up a colt, except when he is being 

 cleaned or harnessed. It is harder on him to stand for 

 two hours with his head tied up than to take his track 

 w^ork, and the incident fretting and worrying is 

 injurious. 



After a reasonable time we are read\^ to work him, 

 and on the track we give him his work for speed in the 

 manner described at other places. After he has taken 

 his work we bring him. in, give him a few '-swallows" 

 of water, remove the harness, throw on the blanket 

 and then take off his boots. The next thing in order 

 is to scrape him off lightly, taking no more time than 

 is necessar3\ It requires care and judgment here, for 

 while you must not let a draft blow on him, or 

 allow him to get cold, if you keep him too warm he 

 will scrape a second time, which is undesirable. Clothes 

 enough to prevent taking cold is all that is required. 



I have noticed horses too heavily clothed after work 

 seem to get heated through and through show dis- 

 tress by panting. 



After the scrape a body-w^ash should be applied. 

 The following I have found very good : 



Compound soap liniment 16 ounces. 



Liquid ammonia 2 ounces. 



Tincture cantharides 2 ounces. 



Tincture opium 2 ounces. 



