Chapter V. — The Treatment 

 of Horses at Grass, Some Simple 

 Remedies . Recapitulation 



THAT horses which are wanted for fast and 

 severe work like hunting are better for 

 being summered either in a loose box, or 

 kept in light but steady work, is a truth of 

 which I am as convinced as was Nimrod. Thin- 

 skinned, well-bred horses are terribly worried by 

 the flies, and very often come up from grass look- 

 ing very much worse than when they went out. 

 But for a stud where it is desired to economise 

 labour and food a grass field is a great saving. 

 Nor does a certain amount of time at grass do a 

 horse used for ordinary hacking and carriage work 

 any harm, while it will materially lessen the oat 

 and hay bills at the close of the year. I know a 

 very well-bred horse that does all the carriage 

 work of a household upon grass. The county 

 town and railway station is some distance off — 

 seven miles certainly. He has a little hay in 

 addition, and an occasional feed of corn. He 

 draws a heavy family wagonette with great ease 

 to himself at a fair pace, and when not wanted for 

 the carriage he takes a turn at the lighter work of 

 the home farm. No horse could look better. 

 He is, however, in the hot weather never turned 

 out by day ; he remains in his loose box, and only 



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