MANAGEMENT OF LIGHT HORSES. 173 



Exercise is the last, though by no means the least of the 

 things necessary to keep a horse in health. The amount of 

 exercise will, of course, depend upon the amount of work the 

 horse is required to perform. The doctor's horse which 

 daily goes his rounds will need none at all ; whereas, the 

 hack used on fine days for an hour and a-half or in the park 

 requires a good deal, say two hours every morning, and ladies' 

 horses should always have their backs kept down by plenty 

 of work. Some grooms always walk their horses at exercise ; 

 but this is a mistake, as two hours at one pace is apt to 

 produce a certain amount of leg weariness, so spells of slow 

 trotting should be introduced. Nor is it advisable always to 

 exercise horses on the flat. A moderately hilly route should 

 be selected if possible. In the case of small studs cantering 

 or galloping at exercise will seldom or never be necessary. 

 With an overgrown stud, on the other hand, the members of 

 which come out but comparatively seldom, a sharp canter or 

 two as the day for the horse's " turn " draws near, may be 

 expedient ; but as a well paid and presumably experienced 

 stud groom will have charge of these large studs, nothing 

 need be said here as to their management. No horse, how- 

 ever, whatever his value, should be exercised without knee- 

 caps. 



FEEDING AND WATERING. 



The following more detailed notes on feeding and watering 

 horses are by Dr. George Fleming, C.B., F.R.C.V.S. They 

 appeared originally in the Live Stock Journal Almanac : 



" The subject of horse -feeding is one which should interest 

 every horse-owner and horse attendant, as upon the manner 

 in which horses are fed will greatly depend their health and 

 usefulness. The judicious feeding of all animals domesti- 

 cated by man assumes considerable importance from an 

 economical point of view ; but with the horse it is a matter 

 of the greatest consideration, and for more reasons than apply 



