6o EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



car without looking at the horse, as though he did not care 

 whether the horse came or not, and I would go behind taking 

 a good strong hold of the horses tail ; in that waj you can 

 make their hind feet follow their front ones, as you have a 

 ruder at both ends to steer by, you can prevent their stepping 

 off the bridge with their hind feet, they will take care of the 

 forward feet as they can see them. A horse many times gets 

 partlj^in the car, he sees or hears something that makes him 

 stop; his first thought is to back out or turn, and that is when 

 he steps off ; if you have a good hold of his tail you can pre- 

 vent any accident. This applies to unloading as well as load- 

 ing. It is always safest to have a man at each end of a horse. 

 A horse should be put in a car with his head towards the 

 center and hind quarters in the end of car. His head should 

 be tied both ways across the car, he is not as liable to get 

 hurt as he would be if his head was towards the end of the 

 car, as the train is liable to stop or start sudden, and he injures 

 his head or he flies back and breaks his halter, perhaps throw- 

 ing himself ; if they are hitched the other way they can't fly 

 back as the end of the car would only be a brace for the but- 

 locks, and would not do much harm. The car should be well 

 bedded with straw, then a horse feels more at home and con- 

 tented. They will urinate as usual, where, if they only have 

 a bare floor they will hold their urine for hours longer than 

 usual to their detriment. This point needs no illustration, as 

 every person knows by experience about such neglect in his 

 own case. Occasionally there is a horse that won't urinate in 

 a car. This should be watched carefully, and when he is 

 taken off and put in a stable if his urine is scanty or he makes 

 hard work of passing it, he should be treated for it. Give 

 him from 2 to 4 ounces spirits of nitre ; give him the first 

 named amount, wait threp hours, and if not relieved give 2 

 ounces more ; or, give Humphrey's Homeopathic Specific H. 

 H. as directed on the bottle. This condition will many times 

 knock off three or four seconds of speed and many times get 

 them out of condition altogether for several days. 



