When this is being accomplished, there is no necessity for extraordinary care or excessive attention. The tumor, which constitutes =bronchocele=, is certainly not endowed with morbid sensibility. Sufficient force for the purpose in view, therefore, may be safely exerted; but, at the same time, it is always well, where horses are concerned, to discard anything approaching to violence. Consequently, exercise a proper discretion when employing the following ointment:-- Iodide of lead One drachm. Simple cerate One ounce. [Illustration: A HORSE WITH BRONCHOCELE.] Supposing the tumor to be present only upon one side, a piece of the ointment as large as a hazelnut will be sufficient, if well rubbed in each time. Twice the quantity will be necessary when the swelling is to be seen upon both sides of the neck; and should the part become sore, of course all application must be stopped for the time necessarily occupied by the healing process. CHAPTER VI. THE CHEST AND ITS CONTENTS--THEIR ACCIDENTS AND THEIR DISEASES. CONGESTION IN THE FIELD. [Illustration: A HORSE PROSTRATE FROM BEING OVERRIDDEN.] It is a dangerous thing to trust a dumb animal to the guidance of an ignorant man; such a person is dangerous because he does not understand that certain preparation adapts vitality to particular usages. A racer may be a mysterious creature, about which he dares to think nothing, excepting that it is a horse, very beautiful and very fleet; a hunter, in his notion, is any horse running after hounds; he takes the stable favorite out for a morning canter, crosses the hunt, and immediately, with no thought of harm, joins the field. For the first few acres a very ungentlemanly person may, in a very gruff voice, request him to "hold hard and not to ride over the dogs;" but the first three fields passed, there is no need of such a caution. The horse, with that perfect abandonment of self which makes its will its master's choice, and converts the rider's pleasure into its delight, strains every nerve; its head is protruded and its legs outstretched; it struggles hard, but can make no way. Voice, whip, and spur by turns urge the animal onward, but it has been taken suddenly from its uses; the horse thinks not of that, it only seeks to gratify the being who for a time has become its ruler. To his amusement it devotes itself, and obedient to this idea, it runs, or endeavors to run, till its limbs are with difficulty lifted from the ground; it reels, it falls, and the would-be huntsman stands over a prostrate steed.