19"] ON HORSE MANAGEMENT 279 
Hence it is desirable to feed horses often and light. 
His present routine is as follows : 
Morning.— Chaff. 
Noon, after exercise. — Snow. Chaff and either oats 
or oil-cake alternate days. 
Evening, 5 p.m. — Snow. Hot bran mash with oil-cake 
or boiled oats and chaff ; finally a small quantity 
of hay. 
This sort of food should be causing the animals to put on 
flesh, but is not preparing them for work. In October 
he proposes to give 6 hard ■ food, all cold, and to increase 
the exercising hours. 
As concerning the food we possess he thinks : 
The chaff made of young wheat and hay is doubtful ; 
there does not seem to be any grain with it — and would 
farmers cut young wheat ? There does not seem to be 
any * fat ' in this food, but it is very well for ordinary 
winter purposes. 
N.B. — It seems to me this ought to be inquired into. 
Bran much discussed, but good because it causes horses 
to chew the oats with which mixed. 
Oil-cake, greasy, producing energy — excellent for horses 
to work on. 
Oats j of which wc have two qualities, also very good 
working food — our white quality much better than the 
brown. 
Our trainer went on to explain the value of training 
horses, of getting them ' balanced ' to pull with less effort. 
He owns it is very difficult when one is walking horses 
only for exercise, but thinks something can be done by 
