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Your last feed being at two o'clock, or dinner time, 

 your horse will require nothing more until night. 

 The day's ride being performed, turn him into a lot to 

 cool and wallow ; after which let him be placed in a 

 stall, on a good bed of straw. 1st. Offer him a bucket 

 of water. 2d. Remove all dirt and dust from his legs 

 and ancles with soap and warm water. 3d. Bathe 

 him from his belly to his hoofs with equal parts of 

 vinegar and spirits, to which add a little sweet oil, fresh 

 butter, or hog's lard, stewing them all together, and 

 make use of the mixture as warm as the hand can bear 

 it. 4th. He must be well curried, brushed, and finally 

 polished with a sheepskin or woollen cloth. 5th. His 

 feet should be nicely cleaned out, and stuffed with clay 

 and salt, or fresh cow manure. 6th. He should be fed 

 with one gallon of old corn, or one and a half gallons 

 of oats, and six bundles of old fodder. Your horse 

 being now in possession of every attention and comfort 

 you could offer him, will soon be refreshed, forget his 

 hard service, and be again prepared, by the next 

 morning, to obey you whither you may direct his 

 footsteps. If you have more than one day's journey to 

 perform with great rapidity, observe the same rules of 

 feeding, watering, and attention, as directed for the first 

 day, except the feed at twelve o'clock, which quantity 

 must be doubled. Many elegant and high spirited 

 horses have been ruined and rendered useless by per- 

 sons wanting experience on the above subject, who 

 were disposed to treat those faithful animals with every 

 kindness in their power; yet being under the neces- 

 sity of performing a long journey in a limited time, 

 and not knowing that the will of a heated and fatigued 

 horse should be controlled, they have permitted him 

 to eat as much as he pleased, or when heated, to drink 

 as much cold pond or branch water as his great thirst 



