154 I'HE HORSE: ITS TAMING, 



perfect master of his art. It was a well-earned 

 victory, and the victor was deservedly greeted by 

 unanimous applause." 



Working Horses in Hot Weather. — That horses at 

 hard work should have an opportunity of drinking 

 good clean water whenever they are inclined to do so, 

 is a fact which is well-known to every horse-owner who 

 studies the comfort and health of his animals. Horses 

 should not be compelled to go thirsty at any time and 

 particularly when at hard work and sweating freely, 

 when the water is required to keep up the moisture of 

 the body. When kept for several hours without water, 

 they not only suffer for want of it and work with less 

 spirit, but will drink too much when they have an 

 opportunity. In Australia in very hot weather many 

 contrivances are adopted to add to the comfort of 

 horses when at work in the heat of the day, and 

 it is quite a common practice to fasten a large sponge 

 saturated with cold water on the top of the animal's 

 head at the end of each journey in the " Busses." I 

 used this method one hot summer, and did not have 

 a single case of sunstroke. 



Comparison of Buck-Jumpe7's at Wild West Show, 

 Earl's Court, zvitJi the Aiistralian. — I consider that the 

 Australians display far more skill in sitting their 

 notorious buck-jumpers, and an Australian stock- 



