THE HORSE : ITS KEEP AND MANAGEMENT. 43 



I always see my animals are attended to properly, both as 

 regards feeding or watering, before I have anything myself. 

 When I have driven a distance of over ten miles I never 

 leave my horses to any ostler, and when they have to be put 

 up at a strange place for the night I do not leave the stable 

 until all is made comfortable and the animals are bedded 

 down to my satisfaction. If those who travel long distances 

 with their horses would only take this precaution, and see 

 that everything is comfortable for them, and they have good 

 food and water, and a nice clean bed, they would find 

 heir horses as fresh as possible the next morning. 



Farm horses want treating a little differently. When 

 they have been worked very hard for seven or eight hours I 

 do not say it would be very wise to allow them to drink as 

 much as they liked directly they come in, unless they have 

 been accustomed to it. When a horse will not drink before 

 he goes out in the morning, and works hard all day without 

 any water, naturally he becomes very thirsty, and if he were 

 allowed as much water as he liked to drink, probably the 

 result would be an attack of the gripes. In such cases as 

 this the horse keeper or attendant must be guided, to a 

 certain extent, by circumstances. I feel confident that 

 those who try the experiment of giving horses water 

 frequently, whether they are working or standing in the 

 stable will find it answer well, especially when the animal is 

 working. When working hard they need almost double 

 the quantity of water they require when lying down 

 in a straw yard or loose box. It is not my intention to give 

 the quantity of water a horse should have because they vary 



