. The horse and the war. Illustrated from drawings by Lionel Edwards and from photographs. With a note by Sir Douglas Haig. 38 THE HORSE AND THE WAR tion with him at the point at which we left him in the last chapter. He hadthen stepped ashore—a stranger, indeed, and an obvious alien-—from thesteamer which had been his stable for about three weeks. We may remindyou of his dishevelled state, and a critical onlooker, having no knowledgeof his virtues, might have been excused for promptly arriving at wholly wrongconclusions. Let it not be forgotten that a horse thus cribbed, cabined,confined on s
. The horse and the war. Illustrated from drawings by Lionel Edwards and from photographs. With a note by Sir Douglas Haig. 38 THE HORSE AND THE WAR tion with him at the point at which we left him in the last chapter. He hadthen stepped ashore—a stranger, indeed, and an obvious alien-—from thesteamer which had been his stable for about three weeks. We may remindyou of his dishevelled state, and a critical onlooker, having no knowledgeof his virtues, might have been excused for promptly arriving at wholly wrongconclusions. Let it not be forgotten that a horse thus cribbed, cabined,confined on shipboard must inevitably lose condition and show signs ofphysical wastage. Some, of course, will do so more than others. It is aquestion influenced as to degree by temperament, for the nervous animalmust worry and fuss more than his phlegmatic and stoical companion. Thenthe feeding is not conducive to the retention of condition. Normal feedingon hard corn would quickly produce fever in the feet and intestinal complicationsin a horse which is denied all chance of exercise and which must stand ina very narrow stall
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