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CHAPTER V. 



Quantity of com to be given under diflferent circumstances— IVIiscliievous 

 consequences of over-feeding, and fallacies of quackery — Exercise 

 should supersede medicine as much as possible — Objections to over- 

 sweating — Ventilation of stables — Means of removing ammoniacal 

 smells — Proper declivity of flooring — Dangerous effects of damp — Care 

 respecting water, its quality, quantity, and time of being given — 

 Dressing and grooming — Treatment of horses analogous to our treat- 

 ment of ourselves — Digestion necessary before exercise — ^Treatment on 

 returning from hunting — Washing and rubbing — Mistakes in ban- 

 daging — Cold water beneficial both to man and beast . . . p. 34 



CHAPTER YI. 



Essentials for dressing and cleaning a horse — Clothing to be suited to tem- 

 perature and time of year — To be changed in order to ensure its 

 dryness — Separate cleaning-rooms — Too much artificial treatment pre- 

 judicial—Dangers of sudden heats and colds— Death of a horse through 

 inflammation induced by wrong treatment — Another anecdote — Absurd 

 trouble taken by grooms, and unhealthy habit of hissing, puffing, and 

 blowing while rubbing down the animal — Amusing mistakes, but ulti- 

 mate success of a sailor turned farmer — Ancient laws for the proper 

 treatment of old horses, and want of similar humanity in the present 

 day — Instances of ill-treatment of old horses — Anecdote of Charles, 

 Duke of Calabria p. 40 



CHAPTER YII. 



On summering in loose boxes — Various accommodation and means for so 

 doing — A horse requires relaxation as well as a man — Abundance of 

 water necessary — Instance of insatiate thirst — Thirst often caused by 

 irritating over-doses of medicine — Frequent death of horses from in- 

 judicious physicing— Subject of summering continued — Loose boxes 

 sometimes a tolerable substitute for turning out — Diet — Over- 

 cramming during the summer to be avoided — Young grass the best and 

 gentlest purgative — Care required when a change is made from green 

 to dry food — Prejudices of some persons against turning out to grass — ■ 

 Practice and experience of the author in reference to summering — 

 Observations of Nimrod p. 47 



CHAPTER YIII. 



Kemarks on the selection and purchasing of horses — Tricks of dealers — 

 Change in the teeth as age advances — Disposition ascertainable from 

 the appearance of the eye — Characteristics of the form indispensable 

 to constitute a good hunter, as distinct from those of the carriage- 

 horse — Details to be considered as to the neck and shoulders — High 



