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CHAPTER XV 



STABLE MANAGEMEXT CONTINUED 



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Recapitulation of daily duties — Proper temperature of the stable — Remedies for 

 stable vices and bad habits — Preparation for work — Ordinary sweating — The 

 Turkish bath — Physic— Final preparation — Treatment after work — Summering — 

 A winter's run — The straw- j-ard— Care of saddlery and harness .... 289 



CHAPTER XVI 



RIDING AND DRIVING 



Saddles — Bridles — Mounting and dismounting — The seat — Management of the reins 

 — Use of spurs — Modes of starting the horse into his various paces — Riding to 

 hounds — Out-doc>r vices and bad habits — Harness — Driving a single horse — A 

 pair — Four-in-hand . . . . . . . . . . . .319 



