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April 1914 



Sore Shoulders on Horses. 



I IlK <; AUDI'lN AND KIF.LD. 



511 



Kor (ho tr<.Mtnicnt of horses' 

 sore shoiiKlcrs one of the hest re- 

 medies is lard, or even clemi fat, 

 with the addition of blacklead. 

 This forms a fjlossv surface of the 

 sore as well as oti the collar. The 

 collar should be eased a li1,tle by 

 poundinji;, or, still bet.ter, bv tak- 

 injj- an awl or sackinj;- needle and 

 workins^ the ha"ir under the Hiiinp 

 to a different place. Care slundd 

 be taken not to form a lump. Oils 

 or sharp ointments are useless un- 

 less the horse is turned out. An- 

 other thinp always helpful is to 

 have a piece of collar-check sewn 

 on to the top of the lining of the 

 collar, thus jr^ving it a donble lin- 

 ing. As soon as a horse shouts 

 any sign of a sore, cut a hole out 

 of the outside lining in that parti- 

 cular spot. This is only necessary 

 with horses that are very suscepti- 

 ble to sores. Cutting deep holes 

 into a collar i« a bad practice. 



'Colour Studies. 



Those who have studied the ori- 

 gin of the horse may mentally 

 weave a pretty story around each 

 and every horse in the city or in 

 the biish. sa\'s the Sydney Stock 

 and Station Journal. For instance, 

 when we see a dim-coloured horse 

 drawing a lisrht vehicle on the city 

 iDlocks we know by his colour alone 

 that he is descended from the har- 

 diest of horses ; for in a wild state 

 the dark-creamy with black mane 

 and tail was as active as a moun- 

 tain ?oat, for he belonged to the 

 rockiest and most precipitous part 

 of the world. 



Again, when we see a black 

 horse — even a black thoroughbred — 

 we know that in his veins is the 

 blood of the draufrht horse ; for in 

 ancient times all draught horses 



were black, and all black horses 

 were dravights, and all 1>clongcd 

 to the valleys of the Khino. 



When wc SCO a flea-bitteti grey 

 draught horse • wc know that he 

 has Arab blood in him, for in the 

 early history of the hor.se only the 

 .\rab was " flea-bitten." 



I fancy I hear some owner of a 

 black thoroughbred protesting 

 against the suggestion that his 

 horse has draught l)lood in him. 

 It is there, all the same. 



So may the owner of a flea-bit- 

 ten erey Chdesdale object to the 

 statement that his horse boasts an 

 infusion of .^rab Mood. It is there, 

 all the same. 



A horse's colour gives away his 

 ancestry in many cases, just as 

 blue half-moons on a man's finger 

 nails tells of black blood in his 

 veins. 



Resting Horses. 



A horse that is depriyed of a 

 sufficient amount of rest i is sure to 

 knock np sooner or later, but even 

 when this rest is given its value 

 will be practically neutralized if 

 the animal is habitualh^ worked at 

 a rate of speed beyond its powers. 

 Thus the horse which gets through 

 a certain amount of heavy work a 

 day at his natural speed will thrive 

 better than if he is made to do 

 it in less time, though in the latter 

 case he will ha.ve more time m his 

 stable. An over-tired horse, like 

 an over-tired man, will often refuse 

 his feed, and although clearly worn 

 out by his exertions, will not lie 

 down. Hence the objection that 

 exists against driviufj as a pair a 

 fast horse and a slow one. A 

 little more attention to the respec- 

 tive speeds of their horses might 

 be beneficially bestowed by owners. 

 — Sydney Stock and Station Jour- 

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