31 6 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



This acclimation trouble is rarely other than a 

 more or less severe attack of influenza, broug-ht on 

 by the transfer from the airy country barns or 

 pastures to hot and ill-ventilated dealers' — or pri- 

 vate — stables in town or city. 



In the former case the animal is not improbably 

 dosed with drugs to resist the approach of the dis- 

 ease; and, when removed to the normal environ- 

 ments of the private stable, his ensuing condition 

 is the more liable to render him not only ill, but 

 seriously so. As the Esquimaux succumb under the 

 restrictions of civilisation; as you yourself, after 

 weeks spent in camping out, and in enduring ex- 

 posure of all sorts, immediately become ill with a 

 cold on taking up your usual habits of indoor life; 

 so is your horse upset by changed air, food, water, 

 and surroundings, while probably the mental de- 

 pression and despondency caused by his homesick- 

 ness for familiar scenes, play their important part 

 in reaching this result. 



Sooner or later, then, you will find your " green " 

 horse running a little at the nose, possibly at the 



