CHAPTER XII. 



FEEDING HORSES IN TRAINING ON CORN. 



Various are the different articles of food, either 

 in a fluid or a solid state, by which the bodies 

 of animals are supported. Among the different 

 sorts, that which has been found the most nutri- 

 tious and wholesome for horses that are kept in 

 an artificial state (as race horses), appears to 

 consist of hay, oats, and hulled split-beans. On 

 the qualities of the various sorts of food, and 

 the different effects they produce on different 

 horses, see Vol. I. Chap. 4. 



As the feeding of horses in training will re- 

 quire the most scrupulous attention on the 

 part of a training groom, it may not be amiss 

 here, previous to my speaking more at large 



