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week does more harm to the horse than six days' proper 

 work. I hope this little book may fall into the hands 

 of some of those who let their horses out to hire for a 

 day's excursion, then perhaps it may induce some of 

 them to keep their animals at home, unless the owner 

 or someone who knows how to drive goes out with the 

 party himself. It does not hurt a horse to do a long 

 journey if it is driven properly. When a horse is going 

 a long distance, the driver should see it has a little 

 food every eight or twelve miles, and it should not be 

 driven as fast as if it were only going a short distance. 

 I have a weakness to drive fast myself if I am not 

 going far, but when I am going a long distance, I 

 never, under any consideration, drive more than eight 

 miles an hour. 



When a person is on a long journey he should always 

 take some good corn, oats, a few split beans, peas, and 

 a little very good chaff, because when on the road there 

 are many little hotels and public houses which keep nothing 

 but a little bit of hay, and very often not even that. But 

 if a person takes a little with him he can stop under a 

 green tree during the spring and summer months, and even 

 if only stopping for about five or ten minutes the nose bag 

 can be put on, and a rug thrown over the horse, which 

 helps the horse wonderfully. Let him walk up the hills, 

 and trot steadily down, and he will take you along on the 

 level at a pretty good rate. If a horse is hurried up the 

 hills when on a long journey he soon gets exhausted, unless 

 it happens to be a very hardy horse indeed, and even 



