HORSE MANAGEMENT IN 

 INDIA 



PART I 

 HORSE MANAGEMENT 



CHAPTER I 



STABLES 



Position and construction of stables — Picketing horses — Poultry near 

 stables — Disinfecting stables. 



Position and Construction of Stables.-— In consider- 

 ing the subject of stable construction in India, it is impor- 

 tant to bear in mind that horses thrive much better in 

 temperate climates than in hot ones, and that the moister 

 a hot climate is, the less favourable will it be for the pro- 

 duction or maintenance of horses. Por instance, in the 

 hot, damp climate of Lower Bengal the breeding of useful 

 horses is practically an impossibility.^ Consequently, we 

 should try to counteract, as far as possible, the bad effects 

 of these two factors (heat and moisture). The baneful 

 results of atmospheric moisture in hot countries are due to 

 the fact that evaporation from the skin is the great natural 



• The effects of climate and soil on equine conformation is a subject 

 which has been discussed at considerable length in chapter xxvi. of the 

 3rd edition of " Points of the Horse," 



