198 SORES 



In hot weather, oatmeal and sugar in water 

 make a refreshing drink useful to horses as to 

 working humans. 



If a horse is leg-weary and stiff, a rub down 

 or massage with liniment slacks the strung 

 tendons. 



Sores. I never unsaddle without making a 

 careful search for water blisters or any sign of 

 chafing. These found in time can be marked 

 with axle grease, which registers a black spot 

 on the sweat pad or the blanket. The blanket 

 can then be folded in such a way as to relieve 

 the pressure, or a bit of sacking shaped into a 

 ring to enclose the threatened spot beneath 

 or between the foldings of the blanket. The 

 same kind of padding can be made under the 

 girth for the relief of girth galls. 



Despitethe utmost care, horses in soft condi- 

 tion or when underfed, or wearing harness 

 which has hardened or warped after long spells 

 of wet, are liable to sores. I have cured most 

 terrible cases by a daily practice of riding the 

 patient to sweating heat, then suddenly 

 unsaddling, and lashing on cold salt water. 

 The various copper ointments known as gall 

 cures are worth their weight in gold so long as 

 one works the horse, but have the defect of 

 forming a hard scab which breaks away before 



