CHAPTER II. 



WATERING HORSES. 



Experiences— Bad watering and its results— Methods of giving water- 

 Let the horses drink as they like. 



T AM afraid my readers will think I am rathef bigoted on 

 -^ this subject, viz., watering the horse. I will only write 

 what I have found to be right from my own practical 

 experience, and give the reason Avhy I think my way better 

 than that of most people. Most people are very careful 

 not to let a horse have too much water to drink at a time, 

 and during the very cold weather they do not allow it to 

 drink any cold water. This practice is all very well if the 

 owner always attends to his own horses, or even if the 

 attendant has them under his own control, but when a 

 horse which has been accustomed to have chilled water in 

 cold weather is put up at a livery stable, and gets at a 

 pailful of water, he soon empties it, and the result is, colic or 

 gripes. I have known many cases where a horse has not 

 been accustomed to cold water, when it has been given a 

 pail full, it has brought on the staggers almost at once, 

 and in some cases the animal has lost its life. Then there 



