The next to feed him the horse has a small stomach

The next to feed him the horse has a small stomach

The next to feed him the horse has a small stomach

The first thing is to let him have just enough water to wash his mouth out without chilling him. The next to feed him the horse has a small stomach, and requires food often.

At the first roadside inn or cottage get a quart of oatmeal or wheat-flour boiled in half a pail of water mere soaking the raw oatmeal is not sufficient. I have found the water of boiled linseed used for cattle answer well with a tired horse. In cases of serious distress a pint of wine or glass of spirits mixed with water may be administered advantageously; to decide on the propriety of bleeding requires some veterinary experience; quite as many horses as men have been killed by bleeding when stimulants would have answered better.