92 HORSES: 



AT SIXTH AVENUE HORSE-RAILROAD STABLES. 



"Twenty-one pounds mixed feed a day is our feed, 

 in summer ; in winter, more,"* said the brusque but 

 polite manager. " Fourteen lbs. oatmeal and 7 lbs. 

 hay. In winter, we use corn and oats." 



THE VETERINARY PRACTICE OF TO-DAY 



corresponds very closely to the medical practice of 

 one hundred years ago. Then bleeding was constantly 

 resorted to in fevers, and, indeed, for most anything. 

 There are still some doctors who practice it, but only 

 the most ignorant, and in remote districts. But to-day 

 this infamous practice is current, even in our largest 

 cities, in the treatment of horses ! I could hardly 

 have credited this had I not myself seen a case in one. 

 of the largest stables in New York City. The veteri- 

 nary surgeon in question is in regular practice, a really 

 bright man, and under proper instruction would make 

 his mark in the world. Yet I witnessed him perform 

 two of the most barbarous operations upon a foun- 

 dered horse, and when the depleting effects were 

 plainly exhibited, he pointed to them with pride, as 

 being " just what he aimed to accomplish ! " It was 

 just what he no doubt did accomplish every time. 

 The history of the case, fully bearing out all that I 

 have said about " soft " and " ill-conditioned " horses 

 was this : The horse was a noble young fellow, a 

 green one from the West, purchased from one of the 



* These horses, unlike those in private stables, work as many 

 hours, and have even harder work in winter than in summer. 



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