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to his liking is made, to be given after* lie has eaten 

 about two maps of dry ground grain ; that a small 

 dhool of water is offered half an hour before the dry 

 grain is put into the trough, and another half an hour 

 afterwards : see also that his legs are well malished 

 while eating it, and that a good bedding is placed 

 under him, in a loose stall. These little attentions 

 after severe work are a horse's rights : he is sagacious 

 enough to comprehend and appreciate them, and will 

 amply repay you if your ugly conscience does not 

 by cheerfulness of going the next time you require 

 his services. When the fetlocks and feet are so dirty 

 as to require washing, let it be done in warm (not 

 too hot) water, and see that the legs are well dried 

 and malished afterwards. If he refuses his food, it 

 is most likely from your neglect of him after dis- 

 mounting, and not the distance, unless you com- 

 pletely galloped him off his wind and brought him 

 home hot : in either case, foment the legs in warm 

 water, make a large soft bed, let him drink if inclin- 

 ed, and then muzzle for two hours, when he will pro- 

 bably have regained his appetite.! 



* The soft food at this late hour will produce a quick and wholesome 

 distention of stomach, which will induce sleep, and prevent his standing 

 two or three unnecessary hours to produce it by eating dry grass, which, 

 at this late hour of night, is as bad for a tired as for a weak-stomached 

 horse. 



*h There is one time that masallahs, or cordial drenches, prove excessively 

 hurtful. When severe distress is occasioned by a long run, and you find that 

 your horse can with difficulty go forward, give a drench on the spot, if you 

 have it, loosen the girths, and lead gently home ; but by the time he reaches 

 his stall he will be feverish, and cordials or stimulants then may do serious 

 A seer of steeped ground grain in a good bran mash, sweetened by a 

 ip of ghoor, a drachm of emetic tartar, and two of nitre being put in it, 

 will, in this case, with a large bed and loose cool stall, be the quickest and 

 safest restorative, repeating the same on the following morning. A clyster 

 of salt aiid water must also be given on arrival at his stall. 



