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PHAR LAP & COLIC

WHAT DO VETERINARIANS' SAY i SOME SUGGESTIONS. (S.S.) In view of the catastrophe which has,deprived New Zealand and Australia of the distinction of possessing between them the greatest racehorse that has ever appeared on the Turf, it may he of some general interest to state briefly what the late Mr Alfred Saunders in his work “Our Horses” had to say about colic, a pernicious evil from which Phar Lap seems to have succumbed. Mr Saunders’ book was the product of sixty years close association with horses in England, Australia and New Zealand and with their ailments and their ailments’ treatment. Mr Saur.ders preferred to present his experience’ and' his advice in short paragraphs and as far as possible his arrangement in this respect will be followed with necessary abbreviations to meet the requirements of space. “When Priesnitz first descoverod the wonderful power of water as a curative agent, he unfortunately concluded that cold was a great factor in thor business, and bis usefulness, though great, was very much curtailed by that error. It was left to Smedle.v to demonstrate on more than twentyfive housand patients that warmth in nine cases out of ten is far more useful when it is associated with water...

Of course a horse attacked with colic must not bo tied up or kept in a narrow stall. He should be placed in.,a warm roomy horsebox or shed and well littered with straw up to his knees. In all cases of internal inflammation or pain, your first carp should be to get the legs and surface of the body warm,ahvnys remembering that they cannot be wanned with bad air, or with air deficient ill oxygen. \v

“To pack a horse well you' must pack him quickly and every article you want should be at hand before you begin.” (Mr Saunders then describes the process of covering the horses with wet hot blankets and securing them.) “The horse must be kept from lying down until the packing is completed. This may be done by tying bis head high up, or, if you can spare, a hand to hold him and prevent him lying down, by obstructing bis nostrils with the wetted towel it he threaten/? to do so. The packing completed, liberate the house and let him roll it he likes.

“The pack may be kept on without change for three or four hours. If at the end of that time the horse is still in pain, under blanket must be again dipped in hot water—The hair will require no wetting "unless the pack has been unchanged to long when the pack is to be discontinued take off all the wet or damp blankets and put on one or two damp blankets and put on one or two dry ones. Change them frequently until the hair is quite dry. If the horse has recovered from the---attack-of colic ho probably will he well enough to walk or trot gently either with or without "cloths until quite dry.”

It is only fair to the memory of Mr .Saunders, .to whom orthodoxy never was alarming, to add that his “Our Horses” .met with a most cordial reception from the London critics “Mr Saunders,” .said the “Field” in introducing his. work,, “has achieved a far greater measure iof success than has fallen to the lot of others , who have trodden the same path.” “The best, most complete and most useful horse hook we have read, and we believe wo know most of them by heart.” declared “Vanity Fair.” “May be read with pleasure and profit by all who either possess a horse or ever have occasion to ride or drive one.” was the compliment with which “The Spectator” introduced the work, while “Truth” welcomed the author a.* “the Wilberforce of a movement for the emancipation of our horses from senseless barbarities of all kinds inflicted in training, stabling, grooming, shoeing, mutilating and harnessing them,” and so on and so on. The book now is out of print, and this note is not an advertisement; blit were Mr Saunders with us to-day he certainly would want to know more than is yet available concerning the passing of Phar Lap.

POIXON FOUND. IN BODY

USED IN SPRAYING TREES

(Received this day at 9.25 n.m) SAN FRANCISCO. April 13

YY. \V. \ r iiic(uy:, chief food and drug administrator of the United States I) - partment of Agriculture, who made an examination, announces that a po-smi. commonly used as a tree spray. is present, in flu* organs el' Phar Lap. The source of tlx* poison is m., definitely established Mr Viucitni said it resembled that "i e 1 p; the tree spray, and might have come from grass, coated with spray i sell on oak trees on Menlo Park ranch, where IVuar Lap died.

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1932, Page 3

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Tapeke kupu
800

PHAR LAP & COLIC Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1932, Page 3

PHAR LAP & COLIC Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1932, Page 3

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