44 Horses and Horsemastership. 



iMAXGE, if once allowed to become firmly estab- 

 lished, is a most loathsome disease, known to the horsey 

 fraternity as " the dook" (duke), and is due to a micro- 

 scopical insect finding a congenial habitat on the skin 

 cf a neglected, improperly groomed horse. It is un- 

 pardonable evidence of laziness and incompetence on the 

 part of the person responsible. It usually appears in 

 the mane and tail, and if not promptly checked the 

 whole of the skin becomes covered with ecrustations, 

 which, when rubbed off by the animars efforts to obtain 

 relief, leave ugly-looking sores. 



The first thins: to do is to destrov the insect life. The 

 animal should be dressed all over with a solution of 

 carbolic acid in the proportion of one ounce to a quart 

 cf water, one application of which left on for a couple 

 of days is. as a rule, sufficient. Tlie horse should then 

 be washed all over with a weak solution of Jeyes' fluid 

 as an additional precaution, and so long as any itchiness 

 continues the treatment should be repeated. The con- 

 stitution must be built up by good food, and a liberal 

 supply of green-meat given to keep the blood cool. 

 Occasional linseed mashes exercise a beneficial effect on 

 the skin and coat. 



Everv article of clothing, saddlery, brushes, Arc, 

 should be thoroughlv cleansed, either by boiling, 

 sponging with paraffin, or soaking in Jeyes' fluid. The 



