1 84 FEEDING. 



GERMAN CAVALRY HORSES. 



Oats 10 Ib. 



Hay 5* 



' Straw 7t 



U. S. OF AMERICA CAVALRY HORSES. 



Oats or Maize 12 Ib. 



Hay 14 



FRENCH CAVALRY HORSES. 



Oats 10 to n^ Ib. 



Hay ... S*to 7l 

 Straw 7f to 8 



4. Horses in Full Work. Hunters and light harness horses 

 might get on an average 14 Ib. of oats, 12 Ib. of hay, 3 Ib. of 

 carrots, and 2 Ib. of bran. If the work is extra hard, an 

 addition up to 4 Ib. to the allowance of oats need not usually 

 be exceeded. With an increase in the quantity of corn, there 

 should be a corresponding diminution in that of hay. Race- 

 horses in full training and others, like London cab horses, 

 which have to do as much labour as can be extracted out of 

 them, should get as much corn as they can eat, the maximum 

 quantity of which may be put down at about 22 Ib. As the 

 height of polo ponies is 14 h. 2 in. and under, they will eat 

 about three-quarters as much as hunters ; say, 10 or 12 Ib. 

 of corn a day. 



We should bear in mind the law which experience and 

 theory teach us, that the more continuous the work, the more 

 corn will a horse require. 



As illustrative feeds for cart, 'bus, tram, boat, and van 

 horses, which have to be regarded, as a rule, from an economic 

 point of view, we may take the following scales of food : 



LONDON ROAD CAR COMPANY'S HORSES. 



Maize ......... 16 Ib. 



Oats I* 



Peas 4 



Hay chop ........ 12 



Total 31 Ib. 



