74 HOESE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA. 



half a bucket of water to race-horses I Lave had in 

 training, immediately after their gallops. 



Persons who have had to ride long distances, in hot 

 countries, are well aware of the advisability of allowing 

 their mounts to drink frequently during a journey, of 

 aoy good water near which they may pass, even when 

 the horse is bathed in perspiration. 



In Northern India, the ecka (a small two-wheeled 

 trap) ponies, which average about 13 hands 1 inch in 

 height, frequently travel 50 to 60 miles a day over un- 

 metalled roads during the hottest weather, when the 

 noontide heat often exceeds 115 in the shade. Such 

 performances can only be accomplished by watering the 

 ponies every 7 or 8 miles : the system pursued being 

 that they get at each bait from 1 to 2 Ibs. of suttoo 

 mixed in a couple of quarts of water. This is in 

 accordance with the practice generally adopted by 

 stokers and firemen on board steamers of mixing oat- 

 meal with the water they drink ; a practice from which 

 these men, who are often exposed to intense heat, and 

 who are consequently obliged at such times to drink 

 large quantities of water, experience great advantage. 



In the stable, I think the best system is to allow a 

 constant supply of water ; a plan which is not alone 

 beneficial to "washy" horses that scour easily, to 

 roarers, and to broken-winded animals, but also is 

 particularly well calculated to prevent and to cure the 

 pernicious habits of crib-biting and wind-sucking. 



