62 THE HORSE. 



may be usefully employed in harness-work, while his 

 whistling will be drowned by the noise of the wheels: he 

 is, however, UNSOUND. 



WHEEZING. 



See the article on " Whistling." 



COUGH. 



However simple or however recent in origin a cough 

 may be, while it lasts the horse is UNSOUND. 



It is of great importance that immediate attention be 

 paid to the horse on the first symptoms of cough being 

 noticed, while the cure is easy. The diseases to which 

 horses are liable are, for the most part, rapid in progress; 

 every hour of delay increases the difficulty, and in a short 

 time the disease becomes developed in an acute or chronic 

 form, condemning the horse to a life of base drudgery, 

 and making him miserable to the end of his days. 



CHRONIC COUGH. 



"While some horses, when laboring under chronic 

 cough, are almost useless, others are but little inconven- 

 ienced and are as useful as ever: they are all,however, 



UNSOUND. 



See the article on " Cough." 



COLDS. 



A horse suffering from cold in the head, which often 

 produces whistling, is, for the nonce, UNSOUND. 



See articles on "Cough" and "Whistling." 



