MANAGEMENT OF LIGHT HORSES. 



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sprinkled on it with good effect. In many cases the clay may 

 be dispensed with, by merely throwing water on the spot 

 where horses stand to feed that is, unless the soil is very 

 sandy and dry. 



The desirability of accustoming foals at an early age to 

 have their legs and feet handled must be evident, and in 

 practising them to this manipulation progress will have been 

 made in teaching them to allow their hoofs to be trimmed and 

 regulated by means of the knife, or, better, the rasp. 



"GOOD AT TIMBER.' 



