STABLE MANAGEMENT 



PRETENTION OF DISEASE 



HORSES IN INDIA. 



Befoee entering upon the subject of stable management in 

 Indiaj I will first make a few remarks about the best measures 

 to be adopted for keeping horses in health where they are 

 without any shelter whatever, and then go into details as to 

 the construction of stables. 



Unstabled Hoeses. 



The horses of the Bengal cavalry are usually, if not 

 always, picketed in the open air, and, as some people con- 

 tend, without any injurious effects. It is true that the 

 exposure does not appear to cause actual disease in 

 ordinary seasons, especially among Country-bred horses ; but 

 when the weather is very hot, Australians and Stud-breds 

 suffer greatly, and fall off in condition. There is no doubt 

 but that the Country-bred also is weakened considerably, for 

 the Stud-bred is almost equal to him in power of enduring 

 heat. I was stationed at Jhansie in 1878, when the hot 

 season was unusually severe and protracted. The Artillery 

 horses, consisting of Australians and Stud-breds, were in 



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