88 HORSES: 



" but our horses kept in splendid condition all the 

 time." 



ANOTHER CASE. 



Another young man, driver of an express team 

 (rather an "unwilling witness," since he "didn't be- 

 lieve in the two-meal plan,") told me that he was once 

 connected with a firm using over thirty horses that, 

 as they learned subsequently, were cheated out of 

 the dinners that were bargained and paid for. " We 

 never could get "one o' them hosses fat," said he. 

 " They always looked lank during^the day." " How 

 were they ' on the muscle ' ? " I asked. " Well, you 

 bet they never went back on us that way. They al- 

 ways acted spirited, and could pull anything they 

 were hitched to!" "Were they ever sick?" I in- 

 quired. " No, it is a fact, that we didn't have a sick 

 hoss all summer long, not even off his feed for a day ! " * 

 As eyery one knows, it is quite unusual for that num- 

 ber of horses to pass an entire season without a case 

 of sickness. For example : At the stable referred to 

 on page 92, I asked, " Have you other sick horses ? " 

 " Oh, yes, quite a number. There are always some, — 

 colds, coughs, catarrhal fevers, off their feed, etc." To 

 this the doctor made answer : " The best remedy for 

 a horse that don't want to eat is to hitch him in a 

 clean stall, — have no bedding, even — and let him wait 

 till he will eat hay sharp. Then go slow with your 

 feed!" 



We find, from visiting a large number of 



* They were well fed morning and night at home. j 



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