The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-21
HORSE sERsE.
The Kind Needed, Not BY the Animal
but by the Owner.

but by the Owner.
/ woader II any one can give rea.
sonabe 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,
whore they cannot be digested and
must be an active irritant. and, In the
second, stomach fun OF water makes
horse dull and logy. A little at a
time and that often Is a good rule in
watering stock.
Dill you Gee that warning signal
which nature threw out the other dnS
as you stopped your horse for mo
mcnt? AS soon as It halted one fore.
foot was thrown forward because
something was wrong and there was
pain.
If you had examined the animal you
might have fouhd some hent about the
coropet or some senstiveness along the
muscles of the pattern or about the
ankle Your friend says, call veter-
mary aud have him nerved."
better way Is to stop using for a
Few days. remove the shoes and let tile
horse stand on peat moss II an earth
door is not to he had. OF course the
grain ration must be greatly reduced
ind bran mnshes substituted
Then zee II the heels have been cut
20 low as to strain the muscles of the
leg or the toes left long 10 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
lct your horse feed from the aoorY II
win require more time for It TO con
,ume a meal but that is surely no OBJ
leciion. and the animals digestion will
be improved
How about that horse which IS sc
ravenous for grain? did you ever fry
one Of those cribs with cups 10 prevent
boiling OF the grain, or have you ex
perimcnied by scattering the oats
along the side Of the stall hoor SO they
must be eaten slowly Any devic,
which uecessltates twice the time
usually consumed in putting away ,
ration Of grain viii materially aid th'
appearance. service and condition Of I
horse.
DO YOU stay with your horse while
he IS being shod? How then, do 20,
know that he Is being kindly treated
saw good smith strike a horse Owe
the head the other day with his rasp
aud the marks OF that blow will re
main for weeks
Many valuable animals have beel
permanently injured by such blow
given under impulse. the result OF vex
atious switching of tail or struggling
No sane man viii allow the connecting
hoof structure between the wall OF tn
foot and the frog 10 be cut away sim
ply 20 give more pleasing appearance
BY this one makes certain coutraC
tlon 9f the heels. with all is attendan
permanent MS This tissue IS the nat
ural hoof cXpander and as such mus
be closely guarded
one Of The most successful stag
drlyers ~ the ola time told me year
ago that a horse would last a thir
longer and do better service II its hal
ness fitted IA every part, and ! thin
be was right Take look the neS
time you drive out and see u the hors
IS the right distance from the carriag
to insure the minimum OF force !
moving and yet cot hit II the coils
dis, the breaslpiate or holdback rs NJ
too high or low or the saddle too "a
forward a business man or, bette
still. a woman viii at a glance dete'
anything wrong