62 LETTERS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 



circulation. Do not forget to make the groom sponge the 

 horse's eyes, nostrils and dock after he has finished him 

 all round. Keep the feet clean ; always pick them out 

 twice a day and wash them when the horse has been 

 cleaned. Never wash the legs under any circumstances. 

 Our time together is drawing to an end ; one more letter, 

 in which I hope to touch on shoeing and summering of 

 horses, with a word to the one-horse man and on hunting 

 on the cheap, and then we part. 



