2^ Roaring in Horses. 



which is hardly ever seen among high-caste, middle-sized, 

 or small Arabs and ponies. I have only met one Arab a 

 Roarer in all my experience, viz., the chestnut Arab pony 

 Impulse. The disease made its appearance after an attack 

 of Strangles, and the animal, although an inveterate Roarer, 

 ran and won many races in good time for years. The 

 weather affected this animal more markedly than I have 

 ever noticed in any other instance. On a clear, dry day he 

 made less noise, and could gallop his half-mile in three or 

 four seconds better time than he could do on a dull, cloudy 

 day, especially if there was any dampness in the atmosphere. 

 I have noticed this in various degrees in all Roarers in this 

 country. 



"Some of the thorough-bred Australian Roarers are 

 bought cheap in Australia, and brought here for sale. I 

 have known a few of these animals entirely recover in Oude 

 and the North- West Provinces, the climate being dry and 

 well suited to such complaints. 



"Roaring is sometimes contracted on board ship, as a 

 result of disease of the respiratory organs, etc., but I attri- 

 bute the majority of cases in Australians to bad stable 

 management and feeding while in the dealers' stables in 

 Calcutta, where they are chiefly fed on a crushed food which 

 is largely composed of chopped straw and coarse ergotized 

 grasses. They are also bedded down on rice straw, which 

 horses like, and eat greedily. To allow horses to eat rice 

 straw for any length of time is sure to cause Roaring. I had 

 a very clear-winded Australian, Yanathon who met with 

 an accident, Avhile running in a hurdle-race in Calcutta, 

 some years ago. I had to leave him there ; he got the usual 

 fare, and ate largely of rice straw for about six weeks or two 

 months, and came back to me an inveterate Roarer, Avhich 

 he is to this day. I have often split open the rice straw, 

 and found the inside mouldy, ergotized, and full of parasites 

 —in fact, this is the case in nearly all badly-preserved coarse 

 grasses, as the natives do not understand the principles of 

 hay-making. 



