HORSES 



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ARABIAN .STALI.KiN "KHALKD"— Hartnian Stock Farm, Columbus, Ohio 



The ARABIAN breed of horses originated in Arabia. This breed gave the English Thorniighbred running horse its great speed and 

 endurance. They are extremely intelligent and docile. They make excellent officers' mounts and are used for string polo pontes. 



returned to it, and patient should be 

 starved for al)out twelve hours and then 

 fed very lightly. 



Choking. This trouble is very rare except 

 in greedy horses, and then is occasionally 

 seen when eating grain. The symptoms are 

 somewhat puzzling unless one is famlHar 

 with them. The horse is noticed to lift its 

 nose up in the air extending its neck and 

 strains in its attempt to swallow. 



The choke may be located anywhere 

 along the gullet; ciuite frequently it is foun^l 

 in the part running down from the neck 

 and may be located by sight on the left side 

 ])arallel with the windpipe- If due to grain 

 or soft hay, anil in the region of the neck, 

 it may be broken down by manipulation. 

 Poisoning. It is seldom we see a horse 

 suffering from any form of poisoning, in- 

 duced Ijy accident. The sudden deatii of 

 animals which is usually laid to jioison is 

 in almost every case due to some other 

 cause than jioison. 



Lung Diseases. No attempt will be 

 made to enter into these. It is enough to 

 say that the majority are caused l)y ex- 

 posure. Use common sense and when a 

 stop is necessary do not let the horse face 

 the wind. Animals on the range very 

 s(>ldom are affected with lung troubles, 

 although ex])osed to a variety of climatic 

 conditions. The i-eason for this is the}- at 

 all times feed with the wind. 



Kidneys. As a matter of fact, tiie owner 

 may efface from his mind that his horse 

 lias any form of kidney trouble. These 

 cases are so rare as to be a novelty. 



We occasionally meet with aforni of 

 diabetes in which the patient urinates so 

 profusely as to cause the owner some con- 

 sternation. Tliis condition is caused by 

 mouldy oats, and is remedied by changing 

 the feed. 



Circulation of the Blood. Only one pecul- 

 iar condition under this head will be_ de- 

 scriijed, which is only seen in horses driven 



