CHAPTER EIGHTH. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Breeding and Training of Horses — Accidents — Sprains — Diseases 

 — Runaway Horses — Pasturing of Colts and young Horses — 

 Clipping — Good Eeed overlooked, but an important agent in im- 

 provement of Breeds of Horses. 



Breeding and Training of Horses. — We would re- 

 spectfully recommend all who are interested in this impor- 

 tant subject, to peruse the work entitled " The Horse 

 in the Stable and the Field." 



Accidents. — In the case of accidents to horses in the 

 stable of whatever character, time should be taken to con- 

 sider the nature of the injury, and determine the best 

 course to pursue, and not to be in haste to have recourse 

 to nostrums, bleeding, blistering, physicking, or starving 

 the suffering animal. Soothe any irritation or agitation 

 under which the horse may suffer; allow free ventilation, 

 and give it all the cold water it may desire. Then, if it be 

 necessary, a good sensible veterinary surgeon may be called 

 in to consult with the owner as to the cause, cure, and pre- 

 vention of the disease in future. Simple bruises, cuts, or 

 sores on the skin may be left to nature, or at most anointed 

 with tincture of myrrh and aloes, and if the sores discharge 

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