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The eyes of horses are very frequently wounded 

 and injured by blows, flies, accidents, &c. which can 

 always be distinguished from diseased eyes by a 

 proper examination. To perform a cure, when thus 

 injured, wash them three or four times a day in clean, 

 cold spring water, after which repeat the washing, 

 adding a small quantity of sugar of lead to the water, 

 when the eye gets strong enough to open of its own 

 accord, in the light. Should a film appear on the 

 surface, (which is absolutely necessary, if the eye has 

 received a wound, before it can heal,) take of double 

 refined loaf sugar, or glass bottle powdered to a fine 

 dust, a small quantity in the end of a quill ; blow it 

 in the eye affected, every third morning for a week : 

 bleed at least three times within the week, taking 

 about half a gallon of blood at each bleeding ; if the 

 horse is not disposed to go blind, the cure will in a short 

 time be completed. 



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Horses, as wed as men, sometimes acquiie bad 

 habits, of which they can but seldom divest themselves. 

 Starting is one among the worst habits a horse can 

 possess, and has a tendency to reduce his value at least 

 one fourth, in consequence of endangering the life of 

 any person who may back him. A^good rider has 

 sometimes been thrown by his horse in starting, that 

 would have defied his agility in any other way. 



A rider never can guard against a starting horse, as 

 he gives no notice of his intentions, by the moving oi 



