CHAPTER X. 



ON THE REARING OF THE FOAL. 



DuKiNG its suckling period the foal does 

 best at grass with its mother, care being 

 taken that it be in a suitable pasture, free 

 from holes, barbed wire fencing, and other 

 traps, to avoid risk of blemishes and worse 

 mishaps. In regularly laid out paddocks, 

 which as a rule are found only in breeding 

 establishments, it is usual to have a guard- 

 rail inside the actual fence, towards which it 

 is also a good plan to have the ground slightly 

 made up, to minimise the risk of the foal 

 running into it when he gallops about, which 

 a healthy one will do for hovirs at a time. 



All grasses do not equally suit young 

 stock ; some seem even deadly. I remember 

 a very rich riverside meadow in the Midlands 



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