130 TRAINING. 



preference to well water, as being softer, and ten or 

 twelve degrees warmer ; but clean well water, if not 

 harder or colder, is quite as wholesome. During the 

 cold weather, water from a deep well, in the early 

 part of the day, is as warm as river water. The water 

 in the cold weather is frequently in the morning too 

 cold for a horse in training to drink ; but by stirring 

 your hand round in the dhool for two or three mi- 

 nutes, you may raise it to a proper warmth, without the 

 addition of hot water, the smell and taste of which, 

 to many horses, are very disagreeable. Placing a tub 

 of water in the stall all day, so that he may drink ad- 

 libitum, is a mistake, arising out of the discovery, that, 

 when water is always within a horse's reach, and be- 

 fore his eyes, he will drink less than when only wa- 

 tered twice a-day ; but the object is not only that he 

 should never over-swill himself with water, but also 

 that it should be drunk at that time that most facili- 

 tates digestion. This tub-system, like the English 

 one of taking to a pond to water, exercising gently a 

 quarter of an hour, and then bringing back to the 

 pond again, may answer very well for some horses, 

 when putting into condition, but not for training. 



QUANTITY OF FOOD, AND HOURS OF FEEDING. 



The grain is always to be given in a trough, never in 

 a tobra ; andif ever he appears indifferent about it, take 

 it away, and re-examine it : perhaps you are giving too 

 much, or it may be you fatigued him in the morning. 

 Never stand coaxing him, therefore, either to eat or 

 drink ; for there are some horses that, by this means, 

 may be induced to swallow against their inclination. 

 See that both are clean and good, but if refused, take 

 them away till next feeding or watering time. 



