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When breaking a hone, nse as light a break-wagon aa poHiblik 



Make yoar leBsona Bhorti. 



Fever lose your temper. Always have plenty of patienea. 



Never drive fast down hill. 



Let your horse walk up hill. 



Let him go on the level. 



When you are coming from a drive and your horse is very warm, 

 let him stand five minutes and steam before you put a blanket on 

 him. 



Before leaving him for the nighf , change blankets — a dry one tot 

 the wet one. Kine-tenths of the diseases of horses are caused from 

 their not having the proper care. 



If you have a heavy horse, sell him. 



Fever put a horse to hard work until he is five years old. 



Packing and Soaking Horses' Feet. 



It is the practice among many horse owners, and especially trot- 

 ting horse trainers, throughout the country, to pack and soak their 

 horses' feet This I do not approve of, and believe it is wrong, and 

 that it has ruined thousands of our most valuable animals. Why ? 

 Because it is carried to extremes. When you soak a board and dry 

 it, the second time it is soaked it is much drier than it was at first, 

 and every time you soak it the drier and more brittle it will be each 

 time. Why does not the horse's hind feet become contracted ? Be- 

 cause, whether it be a horse or a mare, it spatters more or less of its 

 urine upon its feet, the ammonia drives all diseases from the hooi^ 

 and the water keeps them soft. In the summer time, as I have al- 

 ready mentioned, I recommend that the horse be led early in the 

 morning through the dew. Let the reader stop for a moment and 

 think of some time when he was out walking in the early morning, 

 with good, thick boots on, and he will remember that in a very few 

 minutes he b gan to feel the moistare of the dew penetrating through 

 to his feet. Dew passes through the boot when water would not 

 This works the same upon horses, nature having provided this sim- 

 ple preventive and cure for diseases of the hoot. It cleans the feet 

 and cau,-es them to soften and expand. If your horse has hart hia 



