The encyclopædia of the stable The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners encyclopdiaofs00shaw Year: 1909 BLOWING OVER FOOD—BOLTING Blowing over Food.—It is never a good thing to give a bad doer or sick horse more food than he is Hkely to eat, or, for that matter, a healthy animal either. If there is corn or hay left over, especially if the horse is off his feed, his breath will not make it
The encyclopædia of the stable The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners encyclopdiaofs00shaw Year: 1909 BLOWING OVER FOOD—BOLTING Blowing over Food.—It is never a good thing to give a bad doer or sick horse more food than he is Hkely to eat, or, for that matter, a healthy animal either. If there is corn or hay left over, especially if the horse is off his feed, his breath will not make it sweet or palatable-looking after it has stood before him for some time, and he will probably decline to eat it altogether. Bluff. — The bandage, with leathern sockets for the eyes, which is put over the foreheads of bad - tempered or excitable stallions to keep them quiet. A Bluff. Body Brush.—An oval-shaped, short-haired brush, with a strip of webbing secured to the back for the hand of the groom to pass through. The body brush is the principal article of stable equipment that is used in grooming a horse. (See Curry-comb, Grooming?) Body-sheet.—See Clothing. Bog-spavin is a soft swelling on the inner front side of the hock, and is usually a result of concussion. If there is no in- flammation, lameness is rarely present; but should there be, the part must be fomented, and subsequently be dressed twice a day with tincture of iodine. Rest, cooling medicine, and food will usually assist in effecting an improvement.
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