The horse / by William Youatt ; with a treatise on draught by I.K. Brunel ; and an appendix intended to advance the work to the present state of veterinary science by W.C. Spooner.

Youatt, William, 1776-1847.

Date:: [1831]

Credit: The horse / by William Youatt ; with a treatise on draught by I.K. Brunel ; and an appendix intended to advance the work to the present state of veterinary science by W.C. Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$necessity of very hot stables, and a long course of preparatory treatment. The advantages of clipping are great; perspiration is considerably les- sened, the horse is soon brought into condition, and grooming is greatly - facilitated, without unnecessary irritation; indeed, the quickest method is to wash the skin while the animal is somewhat warm, with warm water (and soap if necessary), and then scrape the skin, and throw a horse-cloth on the body, which, in the course of ten minutes, will be found dry and comfortable. (99.) PAGE 375.—Colour. We do not consider that the size, conformation, and qualifications of horses depend so much on the colour as the text would imply. We have found both good and bad horses of every colour, and the only rule we can admit as correct is, that certain colours denote deficient breeding and therefore such animal is not likely to be so good as he looks but is probably deficient in bottom or the powers of endurance. Ihese colours are black, which prevails so much with cart-horses, and sorrel, dun, piebald, &c.; the possessors of which come from the north and possess no eastern blood. Black horses, unless evidently high bred, are very often soft and sluggish, with breeding insufficient for their work; the pedigree of the majority of them may be dated from the plough-tail whateve? admixtures there may have been since White ha.r denotes a thin skin, which is objectionable, when it prevails on the legs of horses, as such ;nimals are more disposed to swelled legs and cracked heels than others. Bay horses with black legs are greatly esteemed, and yet we have known Lny determined slugs of this hue Their constitution ^however, almost invariably good. Chestnut is the prevailing colour with our race-horses, and consequently chestnut horses are genera y pretty well bred, and possess the good and bad qualities which obtain Siost amongst thorough-breds. The Suffolk cart-horse is also d.st.n Tished by his light chestnut colour; and it is no sma 1 recommendation fo find that this breed has, for several years past, carried away the prin- dpal prizes at the annual shows of the Royal Agricultural Society of ^Grev^is a very good colour, and one which has become very fashbn- able for carS and phaeton horses during the present reign. Her Maie tv's ponS! as they are still called, although they have increased height from thirteen to fifteen hands, are beautiful specimens of this dolour and have rendered the colour fashionable for harness purposes mre'horses have a considerable admixture of eastern blood and mo t nf them are immediately derived from an Arab or a Turkish horse. 1 his, • i TJthTmincinal or only use of the eastern horse m this country. mdeed, isthepimc paior on y race-horses It IS vain to expect any ^^P^^;™;^^'^^^ „f ^he kind for some years prirren' u—sf^I/ S^ carcase, arched neck, good past has Deen u'- v,:„], and excellent trott ng action, are, however, shoulders, and fore leg >^ha^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ g qualifications which o' t^iioioug carriage-horses. The white valuable in J/^Xr th vefy nimal requfred for getting phaeton Arabian horse is, retoie, tne y perpetuating horses, and, if put to large ^^^J/ ' ^''f'\here are also some excellent handsome and valuable carriage- orses^ l he ^^^^ cart-horses of a gijy ^/^^^^J^ i^oT^reys and roan^ are generally ^':^'t^:^::^^o;e I':^.. than^l. mott^d greys.$