94 PUTTING INTO CONDITION. 



Independent of this, the mane and tail should be 

 washed once a week in lukewarm water and soap, 

 (trotting well afterwards in the cold or rainy wea- 

 ther :) it keeps the scurf away, and makes the hair 

 grow. The inside of the ears is a part so little thought 

 of, that large scaps sometimes form there from the 

 sticking of clots of dirt. Every morning and after- 

 noon, when the cleaning is finished, these should 

 always be nicely wiped out with a wet towel, taking 

 care that no water drops into the ear. 



GETTING Out OF ORDER. 



If you have purchased your horse fat, in good ex- 

 ternal condition, and during the time he is being put 

 into internal condition, by stronger exercise, &c., he 

 should unexpectedly get stale, and cease to improve ; 

 if his skin should become somewhat hide-bound ; his 

 coat lie rough ; small surfeit-bumps arise on his body ; 

 his mouth have the lampas, &c. ; should he, in short, 

 get into that lubberly state, like a " ship in irons," evi- 

 dently wrong, and neither go backwards nor forwards, 

 you have been keeping him in a hot, shut-up stable, 

 or, you have not duly attended to all the directions 

 here laid down. Whatever has been the cause, treat 

 according to " PUTTING INTO CONDITION/' commencing 

 with the mild drench of aloes and salts, followed by 

 a week of the beer-tonic, p. 109, if rather fleshy, three 

 or four of the ALTERATIVES, p. 74, should succeed 

 to the physic, previous to giving the beer-tonic ; but 

 never think of bleeding ; no, not if he is as fat as a hog. 





