110 THE HORSE 



but do the best you can yourself. By the use of 

 a little common sense you can, in all probability, 

 do better than he can. In any event, you are 

 not likely to do worse — and you will, at least, be 

 saved his fee. 



The first thing to remember in home treatment 

 is that horses are subject to the same disorders 

 as those which afflict the human race. If, there- 

 fore, you can correctly diagnose the disease your 

 horse is suffering from and know what remedy is 

 used for a human being in like case, apply it to 

 your horse, using from five to eight times the 

 quantity. 



COLIC 



Colic is an ailment that almost every horse- 

 owner is confronted with sooner or later. There 

 is never any trouble in recognizing the symptoms. 

 First, let me tell you what not to do. Do not 

 give whisky, oil, nor any kind of a purge — the 

 things that are most frequently given in such 

 cases. The trouble is caused by sour, fermented 

 food in the stomach and the gases it generates, 

 and neither whisky nor cathartic has the slightest 

 tendency to correct this. Use your common 

 sense always and, before applying any remedy, 

 stop to think of its natural effect. 



