The Treatment of Horses 



treated safely by the amateur. In the same way 

 an alterative powder, a simple embrocation, and 

 care and judgment in diet, are far better than many 

 drugs or patent foods. 



One exception to the latter I make, and that is 

 in favour of the preparation called ** Grula." I 

 never go out hunting without a packet in my 

 pocket. I have had so much trouble at wayside 

 inns to get gruel that I find this preparation, which 

 simply requires to be mixed with a pail of chilled 

 water, very useful. I also give it to the hunters 

 when they come back from hunting, and I think 

 that they have done better and come round more 

 quickly after a hard day. Since I first used it I 

 have hunted for part of the year in a rough country, 

 where the distances are great, and we make long 

 days, and the advantage of having a pick-me-up, 

 which is easily made for the horse before a long 

 journey home, is very great. 



There are one or two common ailments which 

 ought not to occur at all, but which nevertheless 

 do so occasionally. These ailments are the result 

 of carelessness in the stables, and a groom is almost 

 always in fault. I say " a" groom, because while 

 I should look very sharply after a man to whom 

 these things happened, it is always possible that 

 they may come through causes over which the man 

 has no control, and may be the result of other 

 people's carelessness. Such ailments are thrush, 

 cracked heels, or mud fever. All are common 



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