CHAPTER III. 



FOOD DURING TRAINING. 



As the subject of food has been fully discussed in 

 Part I. on Horse Management, I shall treat on it, here, 

 only as far as it relates to training for racing. If oats 

 can be procured heavy enough, they are by far the best 

 grain on which to train. In England, old horses 

 whose powers of assimilation are somewhat impaired 

 are often allowed, with good results, a small proportion 

 of beans, or half beans and half peas, with their corn, 

 in order to increase the nutrient value of the food ; as 

 the measure of a horse's appetite is more by bulk than 

 by weight. With our light Indian oats, one part of 

 gram to three of corn will be found to be a good 

 general division. The same proportion of Jculthee and 

 oats may be used. Boiled urud may be substituted for 

 Jculthee. If oats be not procurable, parched barley and 

 gram- may be given. 



I may here remark that. beans, peas, gram, Jculthee, 

 and urud are very similar in their composition ; and 

 that barley closely resembles oats. These grains differ 

 however, in their action on the digestive organs, beans, 

 having a constipating tendency, while both gram and 

 barley have the opposite effect. 



The dung of a healthy horse should be fairly formed j 



