Feed and Care of the Horse — Rations. 



299 



Trotting horse — Splan 



On circuit 

 Oats, 10 lbs. 

 Hay, fair amount 



On circuit, exceptional as with Rarus 

 Oats, 15 lbs. 

 Hay, fair amount 



Race horse 

 Oats, 15 lbs. 

 Hay, 6-8 lbs. 



Horses variously used — Stonehenge * 



Hack 

 Oats, 8 lbs. 

 Hay, 12 lbs. 



Horses variously used — Fleming* 



Pony Hunter, large 



Oats, 4 lbs. Oats, 16 lbs. 



Hay, moderate allowance Hay, 10 lbs. 



Hunter, small Carriage, light work 



Oats, 12 lbs. Oats, 10 lbs. 



Hay, 12 lbs. Hay, 12 lbs. 



The draft horse — Sidney * 



Heavy, hard work 

 Oats, 13 lbs. 

 Horse beans, 6 lbs. 

 Corn, 3 lbs. 

 Chafifed clover hay, 15 lbs. 



Light tvork 

 Oats, 6-10 lbs. 

 Hay, 6-9 lbs. 

 Straw, 3 lbs. 



The farm horse — Settegast^ 



Medium work 

 Oats, 10 lbs. 

 Hay, 10 lbs. 

 Straw, 3 lbs. 



Heavy work 

 Oats, 13 lbs. 

 Hay, 12 lbs. 

 Straw, 3 lbs. 



Uniteil States 



Cavalry, wt. 1050 lbs. 

 Oats, 12. lbs. 

 Hay, 14. lbs. 



Artillery, wt. 1135 lbs. 

 Oats, 12. lbs. 

 Hay, 14. lbs. 



Mules, wt. 1025 lbs. 

 Oats, 9. lbs. 

 Hay, 14.0 lbs. 



Great Britain 



In quarters, wt. ll'^5 lbs. 

 Oats, 10. lbs. 

 Hay, 12. lbs. 

 Straw, 8. lbs. 



Rations for army horses. ° 



Great Britain, con. 



In camp, wt. 11S5 lbs. 

 Oats, 12. lbs. 

 Hay, 12.0 lbs. 



Cabs, wt. 11-25 lbs. 

 Oats, 10. lbs. 

 Hay, 12. lbs. 



Mules, heavy work, ret. 1025 lbs. 

 Oats, 10. lbs. 

 Hay. 12. lbs. 

 Straw, 8. lbs. 



Mules in camp, wt. 1025 lbs. 

 Oats, 12. lbs. 

 Hay, 12. lbs. 



France, peace footing 



Reserve, wt. 1050 lbs. 

 Oats, 13. lbs. 

 Hay, 8. 8 lbs. 



Book of the Horse. 

 Thierzucht, 2, 1888, p. 109. 



' Life with the Trotters. 

 - The Horse. 



^ The Practical Horse Keeper. 

 ' Collected by Langworthy and preserved in " A Digest of Kecent Experiments 

 on. Horse Feeding," U. S. Dept. Agr., 1903, Office Expt. Sta., Bui. 125. 



