STABLE IMPLEMENTS. 213 
£821 | ds 
Best Body Rollers, extra strong : 2p ate a a 6 Oly 1g 
Complete suit of Superfine Kersey Horse se Clothing, bound and 
edged with Superfine Cloth, stitched throughout with Silk, 
Initials, &c., all complete. . . 4215) 10 
Complete Suit of Summer Horse Clothing, ‘stitched throughout 
with Silk, Initials . . ID 10 
Complete Suit of Blanket Horse Clothing, with “Hood, full Breast 
Cloth, Roller, Initials, &c., extra heavy, all completa 2 310 0 
Sweating Hoods, lined throughout ca fonts Mehe) entree) ed) DiiG 
SWEATERS are merely warm rugs or blankets which are kept for that 
espenial purpose, and are shaped according to the part they are intended 
to cover, being kept in their places by the body clothing. Thus if the 
neck is too heavy, as it often is, especially in entire horses, and it is 
desired to reduce this part more than any other, one, two, or three old 
hoods, according to circumstances, with the ears cut away, are put on 
under the regular hood, and the horse is then sweated, with or without 
additional body sweaters, as may be decided on. If old hoods are not at 
hand, a rug is folded and placed over the neck, confining it in its place by 
a temporary string across the forehead, and by the aid also of a hood over 
all. So again a rug may be arranged to sweat the bosom by folding it 
cornerwise like a woman’s shawl and drawing the ends up over the 
withers, crossing them beneath the saddle. Sweaters for the body are 
simply rugs used for that purpose, which may be one, two, or three 
beneath the quarter-piece, according to the amount of wasting which is 
intended. ‘The saddle keeps all in. place instead of the roller, which is 
not taken out of doors excepting for those horses which are only Jed in 
hand. Sweaters must be carefully freed from the dried sweat by washing. 
THE STABLE ACCESSORIES for cleaning and otherwise attending to the 
horse are the following, to which I have appended the average price, 
which will vary to some extent according to quality, and also to the 
fashionable nature of the establishment at which they are sold :— 
s. d. EB Ok 
Currycomb, best 4 knocker . 13 Leathers, each . 1s. 6d.t0 2 0 
Mane comb . 10 Rubbers, ordusters, eachis.to 1 6 
Body brush . 5 0 Buckets, each . 6 0 
Picker for pocket 1 6 Corn sieve . 2 6 
Scraper . 10 Measures, each 1G 
Water-brush 4 0 Trimming scissors, bent and 
iRitchtorks <0. 16 straight . tere > & 
Shovel.) 7 swe oo 16 Singeing lamp + L046 
Stable besoms, each . 6d.to 20 Oil brushes, each ; 16 
Sponges, per ibe 10. te to 1 5 0 Bandages, woollen, per set 6 6 
Manure basket 2 2 280 Ditto, linen, ditto 6 6 
Stopping box . 20 
THE CURRYCOMB is intended to remove the scurf or scales of the scarf 
skin which are constantly produced from the true skin, and if allowed to 
remain at the roots of the hair have a tendency to confine the sweat, and 
thus interfere with the relief to the circulation which is afforded by that 
natural process. When a horse’s skin is once put into good order it may 
be kept clean without the use of the currycomb, but a dirty coat cannot 
well be got right by any other means. The body brush does not penetrate 
deeply enough unless the coat of the horse is very thin and short, and no 
amount of whisping will be of the slightest use. The currycomb there- 
fore must be provided for every groom, and indeed it is wanted not only 
to cleanse the skin, but also to remove the dust from the brush. But the 
