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time at about five p.m., leaving a long wait till the 

 following morning. If the horse is given a feed at about 

 eight or nine p.m., together with a rack of hay, he will 

 always look well and be ready to perform any duties 

 expected of him. 



I do not wash to bore my reader with my system of 

 f eding ; every horseman has his own way, and all the 

 reading and advice on feeding would not budge him, 

 especially if his horses look well. But I think a great 

 many cases of colic would be avoided if horses were 

 watered more frequently and fed more often. Patent 

 condiments I do not recommend, but boiled linseed, 

 linseed oil, or linseed cake can all be given with good 

 results, especially to horses in poor condition. 



FOREWORD TO COLT-TRAINING 



I cannot emphasise too greatly this very important 

 factor. If the colt is correctly trained, then he will grow 

 up to be a very useful horse without giving his master 

 any trouble ; if he is badly trained or broken, then you 

 must expect to have accidents and broken limbs. Bad 

 horses are not born. They are made through the 

 ignorance of self-opinionated horsemen. I have broken 

 and trained scores of colts of good, bad and indifferent 

 dispositions, and they have all turned out good, sensible 



