58 TEMPEEATUEE 01' STABLE — EXBEOISE 



practicable. The hour at which the animal is brought iu may 

 be late, or the horse may be exhausted, or the weather may be 

 severely cold, so that exposure in this way is out of the 

 question, or any or all of these obstacles may exist in association ; 

 but under more favourable auspices, when the hour is early, 

 the day warm, and the horse not exhausted, gentle exercise for 

 a short time is to be recommended ; after which the skin is to 

 be thoroughly cleaned in the manner detailed. When gentle 

 exercise is impracticable, the proper course to pursue is to have 

 the body well scraped, and then clothed with rugs, and the 

 limbs washed in tepid water and folded in bandages. 



Temperature of the Stable. — I have before treated upon this 

 question at page 28, and will simply add, that every stable, 

 having any pretension to completeness, ought to possess a 

 thermometer. The instrument should hang against the wall, 

 so that it may be inspected at any time. The temperature of 

 the stable should range from 60° to 64° Fahrenheit. 



Uxercise. — When horses have not a full complement of 

 work, exercise in addition is necessary to keep them in health. 

 They are generally exercised in the morning, before being 

 dressed, (clothed according to the state of the weather,) and 

 are kept out of doors from one to three hours at a time, 

 according to circumstances. Morning is the best time, as the 

 air is cool and bracing, and the sun not too powerful. 



Sours of I'eeding. — -The hours of feeding in the majority 

 of stables are pretty uniform. Six o'clock in the morning being 

 the hour at which they are usually entered, and the horses fed 

 for the first time. A second feed is given at twelve o'clock. A 

 third at four ; and the last for the day at seven in the evening. 

 The corn is supplied out of what is called a com salver, which 

 is a shallow kind of basket, made to contain about four pounds' 

 weight of oats. 



