THE HORSE: ITS KEEP AND MANAGEMENT. 9! 



no matter whether it is in the Winter or Summer, they very 

 rarely take cold. This is accounted for by the fact that 

 the blood keeps about one heat. But when horses 

 are working their blood gets much hotter, and if they are 

 not taken care of when they come in wet, their blood gets 

 chilled. I do not believe in pampering a horse up, shutting 

 him up in a warm stable and giving him no ventilation. 

 Horses want plenty of air, and if a little care is bestowed 

 upon them they will well repay the owner for the trouble. 



All stables should be well ventilated if made and 

 kept warm, to allow the hot air and fumes from the urine 

 to escape. I cannot say just how the ventilators should 

 be arranged, because designs and situations differ. The 

 ventilator should always be put in at the highest point 

 possible, so that no draught is allowed to come on the 

 horses. More horses catch cold owing to the badly 

 ventilated stables they are kept in than from any other 

 cause. 



