i6 HORSE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA 



A good bandage for giving support is an elastic one, 

 made from the material used for side-spring boots, and 

 of the same form as an ordinary bandage, but somewhat 

 shorter, so as to allow of its stretching. These bandages 

 will not bear being rolled round the fetlock and pastern ; 

 for if this be done, they will work loose. 



Cotton Wadding Bandages can be prepared and 

 applied in the following manner : Take 2 yds. of cotton 

 wadding (which can be obtained from any draper), 

 and cut it down the centre, so as to have two pieces 

 of wadding, each 2 yds. long and about 10 in. wide. 

 In some shops, cotton wadding is sold in short pieces 

 instead of in long rolls, which is the more convenient 

 form for the purpose under consideration. Wrap the leg 

 round with the wadding, one piece over the other, in 

 the way shown in Fig. 1, and apply, rather loosely, a 

 calico bandage (which can be got ready-made from any 

 chemist, or can be constructed out of a piece of unbleached 

 calico), about 6 yds. long and 3 in. wide, so as to keep 

 the wadding in place, and put on tightly another and 

 similar calico bandage, so as to afford firm and evenly 

 distributed pressure on the leg, and secure it by tapes, 

 sewing, or by a safety-pin. The wadding and bandages 

 will then give the appearance shown in Fig. 2. With 

 this amount of wadding, there is practically no danger of 

 putting on the second bandage too tightly. I find that 

 it is easier to distribute the pressure evenly with two 

 bandages than with one. If we cannot get cotton 

 wadding, we may substitute J lb. of ordinary cotton-wool 

 (the medicated kind will not do as well, because it has 

 lost a large portion of its elasticity), and arrange it round 



