The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-03
HORSE SENSE.
The Kind Needed, Not by the Aninsi,
but BY the Owner.

The Kind Needed, Not by the Anin,si,
but by the Owner.
woader II any one can give a rea-
sonable excuse for watering horses as
soon as they have finished meal or
Just before going out for drive, says
a writer In Suburban Life. In the first
place. the oats are washed out OF the
stomach into the intestinal canals,
where they cannot be dlgested and
must be an active irritant. and. IN the
second, stomach full Of water makes
horse dull and logy. A little at
time and that often is a good rule Ia
watering stock
Did you see that warning signal
which nature threw out the other day
as you stopped your horse for a mo-
ment2 As soon as II halted one fore.
foot was thrown forward because
something was wrong and there was
pain.
II you had examined the animal you
might have found some heat about the
coronet or some sensitiveness along the
muscles of the pastern or about the
ankle. Your friend says, "Cal a veter-
mary aud have him nerved."
A better way is to stop using for
few days, remove the shoes and let the
horse stand on peat moss IL an earth
floor is not to he had OF course the
grain ration must bc greatly reduced
ana bran nashes substituted.
Then see If the heels have been cut
so low as to otrain the muscles of the
leg or the toes left long to insure more
stride or the foot is not properly bal
nnced. "No foot. no horse" is an old
adage.
Why not take away those cribs and
let your horse feed from the floor? II
VIII require more time for II to con
sumo meal but that is surely no OBJ
lection, and the animals digestion VIII
be improved.
How about that horse which is so
| ravenous for grain? Did you ever try
] one of those cribs with cups TO prevent
bolting OF the grain, or have you ex-
perimented by scattering the oats
along the side Of the stall hoor so they
must be eaten slowlyi Any device
which Eecessitates twice the time
usually consumed in putting away a
ration of grain will materially aid the
appearance service and condition OF a
horse.
Do you stay with your horse while
he is being shodg How, then, DO you
know that he is being kindly treated
| saw a good smith strike a horse over
the head The other day with his rasp
and the marks of that blow will re-
main for weeks.
Many valuable animals have been
permanently injured by such blows
given under impulse, the result Of vex.
atious switching of tail or struggling
No sane man will allow the connecting
hoof structure between the wall Of the
foot and the frog to be cut away sim
ply TO give more pleasing appearance
BY this one makes certain contrac
ton Of the heels. with all its attendant
permanent Ills This tissue IS the nat
ural hoof expander and as such mus
be closely guarded.
One OF the most successful stage
drivers of the old time told me years
ago that a horse would last thirt
longer and do better service II its har
ness fitted in every part and thini
he was right. Take IA look the mex
time you drive out and see II the hors'
is the right distance from the carriag'
to insure the minimmn OF force II
moving ana yet not hit. If the cola
fits, the breas,plate or holdbsck Is no
too high or low or the saddle too IA
forward a business man or, bette
still, woman will at a glance detec
anything wrong SCI