128 avery's own farrier. 



Take two ounces of spirits of hartshorn, eight ounces of 

 olive oil, one ounce of gum camphor, and half a pint of 

 good alcohol; mix these together and it is fit for use. 

 In some obstinate cases of this kind, it may be best to 

 muffle the limb, and sweat it by pouring on cold water. 

 And if the horse is in high condition, bleed, regulating 

 the quantity of blood taken according to the severity of 

 the case. But if the difficulty arises from debility or 

 starvation, then never bleed. 



Good Stable Management. — " Consists in keeping the 

 stalls clean, removing every day all the litter or bedding 

 that becomes wet with urine, for decomposition very 

 soon commences after this is saturated with urine and 

 excrement, which sends forth a vapor like hartshorn and 

 gas," that is very injurious to the eye, lungs and feet 

 of the horse. A free use of the card and brush is indis- 

 pensable, and more particularly so with the horse that 

 does not have regular exercise; for this opens the pores 

 of the skin and lets the insensible perspiration escape, 

 which makes up in a great measure for the lack of exer- 

 cise. A little asafoetida should be constantly kept in 

 the manger where he eats his grain as a preventive 

 against distempers and all infectious diseases. And 

 where there is or has been any such disease present, the 

 ceiling and walls should be washed with chloride of 

 lime. Some horsemen, when they are going to have a 

 hard drive or day's work to perform, will give their 

 horse extra rest and food, in order to lay in a greater 

 share of ability to accomplish it with. And in fact I 

 have done so myself (and experience is the best of 

 teachers); and I have been sadly disappointed in his 



