overhauling, that is, he ought to be thoroughly 

 cleaned, special attention being paid to his hoofs, 

 and if they have become hardened by constant 

 use on hard roads, either pack them with clay, or, 

 better still, turn him out en a grass plot while the 

 dew is still on the grass. On this day give him an 

 extra feed of some kind of meal to loosen his 

 bowels and give him such other attention as a 

 horse may require from time to time. 



This article is inserted into this work to re- 

 mind the reader that a horse, like a man, must 

 have a day of rest occasionally. 



In connection with the above subject I would 

 like to call the attention of the reader to one more 

 fact, which is well known to all who handle hors- 

 es, and that is that the horse, especially in the 

 summer time, is constantly afflicted with a sore 

 back caused by the galling of the saddle. When 

 the sore is discovered the owner's first step is to 

 apply some remedy to heal the sore, but he pays 

 no attention whatever to the cause of the sore. 

 The cause is usually found in the driver. When 

 he stops the horse he jumps onto the shafts on 

 one side or the other and then to the ground. 

 When he gets ready to start again he jumps onto 

 the shafts and then to his seat. The average 

 weight of the driver is from one hundred twenty- 

 five to one hundred sixty pounds. Is it to be won- 

 dered at that when this weight is thrown on the 

 shafts on one side or the other, with the ordinary 

 harness as it is usually used, that the horse's 

 back can be anything else but sore? The part of 

 the back covered by the saddle is usually very 

 tender, caused by constant perspiration in the 

 summer time and no opportunity given to dry out 

 by reason of the air being excluded by the saddle. 

 Now, this tender part receives the worst treat- 



