190 WATERING HORSES 



Now, a groom in ordering his horses to be 

 watered in the evening should be regulated by 

 their different constitutions, and the different 

 sorts of work or exercise he intends them to do ; 

 on the following morning, therefore, he is to 

 give his orders accordingly to each of his boys 

 as they are riding their horses up to the troughs 

 to be watered. Speaking to the first boy, who 

 may be on a horse that is a moderate drinker, 

 (one that takes from twenty-five to thirty go- 

 downs of water, morning and evening), he says, 

 " Let your horse take twenty go-downs." To 

 a second boy, " Let your horse take twenty- 

 five go-downs, and let him take it at twice." 

 To a third boy, " Let your horse" (one that 

 if allowed to do so would take from fifty to 

 sixty go-downs of water) " take half his water, 

 and let him take it at twice;" and so on with 

 any other horses, allowing them to take more 

 or less water on all such occasions, according 

 to the sort of drinkers they are, or the time in 

 the morning, as before or after breakfast, that 

 they may be going to perform any particular 

 exertion. 



Before I conclude this chapter, I will give 

 a few precautionary hints on the subject of bad 



