HORSE MANAGEMENT, ETC. 399 
worke! the creature, or else has suffered it, when heated, to cooi 
off without the necessary care and attention which should alwaya 
be observed when animals are fatigued ur perspiring freely. Hard 
usage, willful neglect, and wanton cruelty are more likely to pro- 
duce disease than the universal beverage, so acceptable to the palate 
sf a weary or thirsty horse. How often do we see a “ let” horse 
some into the stable all exhausted and used up, scarccly able to 
edvance one limb before another! Examine into the facts, and we 
shall find that the powers of the subject have perhaps been over- 
taxed. He has been driven too far, or at too rapid a rate, for the 
present state of his constitution to endure, and perhaps he has not 
ned sufficient nourishment to repair the waste incidental to the 
living mechanism under the states of rapid and protracted labor 
Is not this enough to account tor the used-up condition? Is it 
not more rational to suppose that abuse of the respiratory organs 
and those of locomotion operates far more unfavorably on the 
norse than water? It is. But Mr. Fastman must, if there be 
any blame rightly belonging to him, try to shift the same from his 
s! oulders, and, therefore, he avails himself of a popular error— 
“ He drank too much water ;” yet the individual had no means of 
ascertaining the precise quantity needed. 
We might say, as regards some horses, whose labors are very 
fatiguing, that they come from their work, and, as soon as unhar- 
nessed, go to the trough, and imbibe from one to three buckets 
without any bad effect, Some animals need more water than 
cthers. The kind of work, the temperature of the atmosphere, 
and the nature of the food, whether it be wet or dry, all tend to 
diversify an animal’s wants. The domesticated horse requires a 
bountiful supply of good water. His body is composed of seventy- 
five per cent. of the same, and he can no more exist without it 
than he can without food. A cow or ox is probably the best judge 
as regards its own wants as to the quantity of water needed. It 
is not the quantity which a rational animal imbibes which does 
harm, but it is the quality that demands our attention. 
Thirsty people drink all the cold water they need. Then why 
Jeprive a cow or horse of what they actually require? Consider 
the condition of the inhabitants of populous cities during the sum- 
wer season. Thirst amounts almost to a disease, and, in view of 
quenching it, the thirsty are continually imbibing water, rendered 
cold, hot, sour, sweet, or alkaline, just as fancy dictates or as fashion 
