Indian Horse Notes: An Epitome of Useful Information Arranged for Ready Reference on Emergencies and Specially Adapted for Officers and Country Residents

The width ofethe bit should be exactly that of the mouth and the width of the port must be equal to the space occupied by the tongue. [...] But the weight of the numnah can be saved by following the plan in universal use in Australia—the coentry of ho which is to have the lining of soft pliable leather and to stuff it with strips of felt out to the shape of the panel ; the panel is so made that a lacing opens and the stuffing can be itroduced or reduced by adding or withdrawing strips of felt. [...] An Officer of Horse Artillery Horse Field Battery or Cavalry is allowed for the loss of a charger selected from the remounts of his em-pa indemnification equal to the price be would receive on returning such charger to the ra. A Mounted Officer is allowed indemnification for the loss of a not selected from the ranks equal to the residue of the price paid charger horse after deduction of 10 p [...] SPAVIN being an excrescence peculiar to the hocks interferes with the proper action of that joint causing the hind leg to be somewhat dragged instead of lifted; this is dearly shown in a week or so by the unusual wear of the shoe at the toe when the disease commences. [...] In slight cases an occasional tripping of the toe and a kind of vibration in the hock as the toe qAmes on the ground with some stiffness of the hpck are the earll symptoms.