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to hot runs, wet niglits, or extraordinary changes of tem- 

 perature ; he is not tormented by flies ; he has no oppor- 

 tunity of galloping his flesh ofi* his bones, or battering his 

 feet to pieces, on the hard ground. In short, he has all 

 the advantages and none of the drawbacks arising from 

 a run at grass; and, when the time comes when he is 

 agaiu to be brought into condition, it can be done gradu- 

 ally and almost imperceptibly by continually decreasing 

 the supply of green meat, and increasing that of grain, 

 while adding more exercise, putting on more clothing, 

 and keeping the stable warmer, until the animal is brought 

 back into perfect condition. 



THE MANAGEMENT OF OMNIBUS HORSES IN NEW YORK 



CITY. 



There is no place in this country where so many horses 

 are kept at regular work, and under circumstances which 

 will admit of systematic feeding and management, or 

 where so good an opportunity for valuable experimenting 

 is afforded, as in the Omnibus and Eailroad stables of New 

 York city. 



At the request of the Farmers' Club of the American 

 Institute, one of its members made a careful examination 

 of the practice in these stables, the result of which exam- 

 ination is given below.* 



There is no farmer who keeps a horse who will not be 

 well repaid for a close study of this paper, in which he 

 will doubtless find reasons for modifying his own practice, 

 and making it to conform more or less to this system, 

 which, as its result shows (these horses being notoriously 

 in good condition, considering the severe labor which they 

 often perform), is the best for horses performing hard work 

 at a moderate pace. 



* Transactions of the American Institute for 1855, p. 466. 



