STALLIONS, BROOD MARES AND FOALS. 107 



hands than in the matter of exercising stallions 

 while doing service in the stud. They should 

 not be walked nor jogged so long that they will 

 become jaded or wearied, but they should cer- 

 tainly have enough of it daily to keep the mus- 

 cles hard and firm, the appetite good and to 

 prevent them from laying on an undue amount 

 of fat. No draft horse, under ordinary circum- 

 stances, should have less exercise than five 

 miles a day, and the roadster and running horse 

 may safely have six miles, which in some cases 

 should be increased to eight or even ten. 



The point to be aimed at in the stable man- 

 agement of the stallion is so to feed, groom and 

 exercise as to keep the horse up to the very 

 highest possible pitch of strength and vigor. 

 The idea which prevails among many stable 

 grooms that feeding this or that nostrum will 

 increase the ability of a horse to get foals is 

 sheer nonsense. Anything that adds to the 

 health, strength and vigor of the horse will in- 

 crease his virility or sexual power, simply be- 

 cause the sexual organs will partake of the 

 general tone of the system; and, on the con- 

 trary, whatever tends to impair the health and 

 vigor of the general system will have a delete- 

 rious effect upon the sexual organs. A healthy 

 horse needs nothing but good food, pure air, 

 plenty of exercise, with due attention to clean- 

 liness and regularity in feeding and watering; 



