92 lUD/NG, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



in their appetites as in their capacity for digest- 

 ing food. Three signs will tell you when a 

 horse is getting the right quantity : a healthy, 

 pink mouth, clearing up the manger to the last 

 oat, and healthy droppings, If the mouth be 

 yellow, if he leaves his food, if his droppings 

 be loose, or hard and slimy, give him bran 

 mashes for a day, and then feed on reduced 

 allowance. 



It is an economy to pass the hay through 

 a chaff cutter, but some long hay every horse 

 must have, as he cannot without it digest his 

 food properly. 



