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bran ; to be oiveii alternateh' with oreen food ; 

 or if a sufficient quantity of green food can be 

 procured, very little dry meat will be neces- 

 sary. Tills treatment will serve in some 

 measure as a substitute for a run at oTass, 

 provided the stable !)e large and airy. The 

 lioht also should be freely admitted: and if a 

 convenient court be adjoining to the stables-^, 

 the horse may be suffered to run in and out 

 at pleasure : but if there be nothing but the 

 stable for him to run in, it will be proper to 

 walk him out quietly eveiy morning and 

 evening, allowing him to drink freely in a 

 running stream or river; the feet, during this 

 time, should be kept cool and moist, for whicli 

 purpose they may be stopped daily with a 

 mixture of soft clay and cow-dung. When a 

 horse is taken from grass, or from the 

 situation and treatment we have iust described, 

 in order to be got into condition for racing, 

 hunting, or the road, the first object of at- 

 tention is to bring about the necessary change 

 in his food, and other circumstances, as 

 gradually and with as little inconvejiience to 

 the animal as possible. If he be taken from 

 grass, let him be put at first into a laro-e airv 

 stable, and suffered to exercise himself in \t 



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