4 CONTENTS. 



Prevention of the " Distemper " — Its Cure 39-40-41 



Cold Air not necessarily Pure 42 



Hand-Rubbing vs. Drugs 42 



Danger of Medication 42 



Concerning the Use of the Blanket 43 



The Natural Coat the best 44-45 



Clipping — A Hint 45 



Eating and Digesting — ^The Difference ; Kind Treatment. 46 



Over-driving — Overwork 47 



A Safe Remedy 48 



Chest Founder 48 



Chronic Disease — Cause 50 



Hints relating to Food and Drink 51 



Sore Back 54 



Scrofula 56 



Glanders 57 



Kidney Complaints ; Relation of " Condition " to Re- 

 served Force or Staying Power 58 



Quantity of Food 63 



One's Meat another's Poison 6^ 



The best Feed 70 



Corn on the Cob ; Flatulence ; Cribbing 71 



" Enough is Better than a Feast " ; The Horse-of-all- 



Work 'j^ 



From the Dump-cart to the Track *]() 



" Grassing Out " 77 



About the Appetite 80 



Feeding of Road Horses; What a Father-in-law 



Learned 81 



How a Truckman avoided Lost Time, and Improved 



the Condition of his Horses 83 



Horse-car Love 84 



Trying to " Make a Horse Laugh ! " 87 



Mr. Plant's Testimony 87 



First-class Stables ; The Eternal " Mash ! " 89 



