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is therefore reasonable to suppose that useless waste of tissue 

 of which water forms a large component part and consequent 

 loss of strength will be incurred by keeping a horse in a state 

 of thirst. Experience proves, both in our own persons and in 

 that of horses, that water taken when a man or animal is hot 

 and tired from hard work diminishes to a great extent, or 

 altogether obviates, any subsequent exhaustion, which in all 

 cases has an injurious effect on the system. 



8. Regularity should be observed in the watering of horses 

 which have not free access to water. The remarks already 

 made on the necessity of regularity in feeding apply equally 

 well to regularity in watering. 



