SPORTSMEN, FARMERS, &C. S3 



The best method of curing sore backs, baX^""''"" 

 and I have frequently experienced the 

 efficacy of it, is to dissolve half an 



OUNCE OF BLUE VITRIOL IN A PINT OF 



WATER, and dab the inj ured parts with it four 

 or five times a day. — The best captain of 

 cavahy, I know, is not he who only fights 

 his troop well in action ; but he who has 

 his horses in the best condition, and has the 

 fewest sore backs in his troop. What a 

 laudable example tlie German hussars, and 

 other cavalry, shew us, in the care of their 

 horses. The attention they pay to their 

 horses is wonderfullv meritorious. 



1 never allow a horse of mine, which is no Horse out 



in all weathers, 



out in all weather, and frequently stands stm in^lfj"° 



^ , . , , f, . streets, should 



tor hours in the street, and verv oiten in be curried or 



^ brushed. 



rain, to be curried, or brushed : currying 

 and brushing thins their coats, and makes 

 them more liable to catch cold. Nor do I 

 ever allow them to be covered in the stable 

 with a cloth. Thej^ are rubbed well with 

 a whisp of straw, and then with a coarse 

 hair-cloth ; this makes the blood circulate, 

 and it is fully sufficient. I am thoroughly 

 persuaded, no cavalry horse, on service, at 



