96 ESSAYS ON HORSE SUBJECTS 



got rid of much more promptly by judicious 

 exercise than by allowing the horse to stand ; and 

 much time can thus be saved. Keeping in a box 

 stall facilitates and hastens the process, but half 

 an hour's walking exercise should be given twice 

 a day. When the horse is not being walked, his 

 legs should be properly bandaged with cotton 

 batting and in the majority of instances the swell- 

 ing will be practically gone in a few days. 



For sale horses and for show horses, walking 

 exercise is a most important factor in enabling 

 those in charge of them to attain their objects. 

 A sale horse must be fleshy to attract most pur- 

 chasers. Dealers all over the world recognize this 

 fact, as well as the one that good, fresh-looking 

 legs contribute in a marked degree to a horse's 

 saleableness. 



Walking exercise does not to any appreciable 

 extent take the flesh off a horse, nor does it make 

 the legs stale. Flesh put on under walking ex- 

 ercise is harder and gives a more finished appear- 

 ance to a horse. This form of exercise also stim- 

 ulates the circulation of the legs, keeps them 

 clean and renders them hard, so that when a 

 horse so treated is put to more violent work the 

 tissues of the legs can stand it without showing 

 wear and tear. 



In the case of show horses, plenty of walking 

 exercise is of even more importance than in sale 



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