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eased. Many unnerved horses will with care do a great 

 deal of work either on the road or in the field. It is a 

 merciful operation by which many horses can work and 

 move about with ease and comfort, that must otherwise 

 have been destroyed, or lived in pain and misery to the 

 end of their days. 



Roaring. — A disease of the respiratory organs, causing 

 the horse to make a noise when put to any exertion. 



All enlargements of sinews and tendons, arising from 

 breaking down or violent strains, unless the horse has been 

 properly fired for them, and is intended only for light, easy 

 work, when he may stand. 



All horses that show any sort of vice, as rearing, kicking, 

 running away, being restive, and shy badly, or are vicious 

 in the stable. Such animals are highly dangerous to all, 

 but particularly so to the inexperienced. 



CHAPTER V. 



STABLE SERVANTS AND STABLE 

 MANAGEMENT. 



Stable servants— Groom — Stable management of the Horse — Feeding in the 

 stable and out — Water — Summering the hunter — Exercise and work — Clip- 

 ping and singeing — Degree of warmth required for stabled Horse — Manage- 

 ment of the feet — Stable vices — Tricks and vices out of the stable — Harness 

 for Saddle Horses — Harnessing and putting-to — Cleaning Harness. 



The coachman must be a steady, sober, good-tempered, 

 and respectable man, his office being in most cases a very 

 responsible one; many masters, either from want of energy 

 or through ignorance, leaving so much to his management. 

 He not only has the entire control of the carriage and 

 horses, buying the oats, hay, straw, &c, but very frequently 

 selects and purchases the horses, so that, unless a conscien- 

 tious man, he has it in his power to subject his master to 

 serious loss and inconvenience. He must have had con- 

 siderable experience in driving, to drive quietly and steadily 



