194 ON THE REARING 



occurred in my neighbourhood some few 

 summers ago. An owner going abroad, bis 

 horses were turned out in a good-sized park, 

 where was sufficient grass and good shelter, 

 but absolutely no water at all. This necessary 

 element was supposed to be taken to them 

 from a well worked by a gas-engine, which 

 supplied the whole establishment. Their 

 attendant, however, neglected to supply them 

 properly, and in consequence they were 

 reduced to a state of semi-starvation — to 

 skin and bone, in fact — though they had 

 enough to eat. The reader will be prepared 

 to hear that the person in charge had mean- 

 while by no means neglected to supply 

 himself with sufficient liquid refreshment. 



The practice of the age — we will not here 

 discuss its advisability — being to force all 

 young pedigree stock to the earliest possible 

 maturity, the foal is usually fed as soon as 

 he can eat. At the end of a month or six 

 weeks he will generally eat a few bruised 



