CHAPTER IV. 
THE NOSTRILS—THEIR ACCIDENTS AND THEIR DISEASES. 
COLD. 
Ir should not excite surprise if the horse, though generally strong, 
and exposed to every abuse, is occasionally subject to the disease 
which, in man, is almost the property of the delicately nurtured. The 
SELLING “A CAPTAIN,” AS ANY HORSE WITH A NASAL DISCHARGE IS CALLED BY THE LOW DEALERS. 
animal exists in a stable commonly kept at a high temperature by means 
of contaminated air; it is taken thence into a wintry atmosphere to 
stand for an uncertain period before the master’s door. There it has 
to remain inactive, shivering in the blast, until it suits the proprietor’s 
convenience to come forth; next, it is pushed along till the perspiration 
bedews the sides. Then it has to remain, generally unprotected, in the 
cold until some business is transacted, when it is flurried home again, 
and often has to wait afterward till it suits the groom’s leisure to dry 
the reeking frame. ; 
Can it create astonishment if an animal so treated exhibit that nasal 
affection denominated “cold?” The case is similar with hunters. They 
leave hot stables to join the distant meet. Game may be soon started, 
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