Suggestions For Horsemen

Many horses aro called a littl founderod, when it is only a stifïness of the conis of tho neok and shoulder, caused by the cheok-reiQ. You havo often seen a horso step baok in hi stall aftor lie liad been out to thov off his best points, and i put his nose dowu to the fioor ? The groora, with a vise look, will reranrk, " The old man gave hiin a hard ono today," while in faut the horse was only strecching out tho cords of his nrck ; and then,%o make the mattor etill worse, tho j ignoramus tios the halter shorter, so hs to i "mako him stand up in his Btali." (That action was an error, for if you " gag him np" and thm refuse to let nature restore the equilibriuin, you will in a short time j créate a coiitraction in the oords of the neok and shoulders, and the horne shows a stiffness, wliich ajipears to be a founder.} My preventiva is, to feed froin a man[ ger on a level with his feet and nut over twenty inohes in front. This Iets a horse feed as he was made to eat ; a horse never was made to eat like a giraffe. Another objection to high mangers (and 1 never sav? anything in their favor! is, they irrítate tho throat and wiüdpipe, and oréate a tendency to heaves. If horsemeu would use more couimoii sense,