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increasing control, and that the sprawling inco-ordinated 

 movement is replaced by collected action. Thus from day 

 to day, by gradually increasing work, they are being made 

 fit to march if necessary 40 miles on the day they are 

 issued. 



While in the exercise track any restriction of the move- 

 ments of horses, except to keep them quietly moving in 

 the one direction, is greatly to be deprecated, and more 

 especially the practice of restraining those in front. With 

 a properly made track in sandy soil with high fences, there 

 can be no danger whatever in letting them make their own 

 pace, nor is there any likelihood of their going faster than 

 is good for them. If taken in this way, with occasional 

 quiet handling in the crush, they tend to get quieter and 

 gentler every day, and so tame in disposition that in the 

 paddocks they lie in groups, and will not get up unless 

 made to do so. They rarely if ever kick one another, 

 provided they get regular exercise, and that sufficient room 

 is given them to feed. 



In fact whilst still under full control they become used to 

 being loose, which is no small consideration in respect of 

 training for military purposes. 



As sick, injured, or lame horses are seen to pass in the 

 track, they are marked down and followed up on entry into 

 the watering enclosure by special men on duty for this 

 purpose, and after they have watered are quietly guided 

 into a corner of the watering place, where they are caught 

 up, taken outside the track, and tied up until the completion 

 of work, when all are sent to the neighbouring Veterinary 

 Hospital. 



And here it is desirable to say that a Remount Dep6t 

 and Veterinary Hospital are two distinct institutions, and 

 on no account should ever be mixed up. Nothing that is 

 not free from disease, lameness, or injury, should be found 

 inside a Remount Depot, and in this way the place is 

 prevented from becoming a centre of infection. 



This completes the description of arrangements and 

 methods adopted during war in order to get horses fit for 



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