2 7 o THROUGH SIZABLE AND SADDLE-ROOM. 



There is no knoivn cure for it. If I were buying a 

 horse and he were but slightly string-halt, I should 

 not any the less buy him if I were otherwise 

 satisfied with him. On the contrary, I often think 

 that string-halt is indicative of good quality and 

 pluck, and certainly some of the best horses I have 

 ever known across country have been string-halt. 

 I think, however, that it does not decrease, but 

 rather increases, with age. Nobody has as yet 

 been able to assign the exact cause which produces 

 it, though there must, of course, be a cause. 



Worms are a trouble which can easily be got rid 

 of, and the sooner they are the better. It is an 

 easy matter to tell when a horse has worms. His 

 skin is dry, his coat stares, he rubs his tail, loses 

 condition, and looks altogether thriftless and rusty. 

 Such conditions indicate the presence of worms. 



The cure is one I quote from the best authority, 

 viz. : Two drachms of sulphate of iron mixed up 

 in a little wet bran, and given, fasting, the first 

 thing every morning for a fortnight. This may be 

 followed by a mild dose of physic. 



I have read, and I believe the statement, that 

 worms, being bloodless animals, cannot thrive in 

 the stomach of a healthy horse — that their very 

 presence indicates a lack of blood in the system, 

 and the latter is still further weakened by their 



