120 BULK REQUIEED. 



over-training and continuing work after the appetite 

 has failed ; or, in other words, calling on the system 

 for that which it has not, wasting when there is nothing 

 to waste, drawing water when the spring is dry ! 



Absurd as this may seem to the inexperienced, it is 

 no less the truth. Horses are often called upon to 

 exert themselves whether their muscles are full or 

 wasted, whether their appetites are good or bad, and 

 sometimes whether their health is good or bad; and 

 according to their performances in either of the above- 

 mentioned conditions, so are they unreasonably and 

 unjustly judged. 



In former years it was thought necessary to bleed 

 previous to resting the hunter which became thus 

 overworked ; but in the present day the excessive folly 

 of robbing the system of the small amount of its 

 vitality left is well understood and admitted on all sides, 

 save and except among the ranks of farriers, who for- 

 tunately are not often called upon to treat horses of a 

 superior grade than the cart horse 



Where the hunter is thus overworked it will be well 

 always to give the tonic and alterative powder every 

 day for the first week, after which discontinue its use 

 entirely. Physic, sulphur, nitre, and resin, should all 

 be carefully avoided in this case. 



THE RIDING HORSE. 



By the term riding horse, I do not mean the cover 

 or galloping hack, but a riding horse suitable for the 

 park or ordinary use. 



