156 TRAINING. 



unluckily, about the legs and ancles : when de- 

 graded to this state, thev should be shut up in the 

 dark stable ; for such horses, " there is no place 

 like home." 



STABLE AND CLOTHING. 



If fresh air and a cool stall are necessary to 

 put a horse into condition, how much more so 

 must they now be, when his powers are about to 

 be exerted to the highest pitch they are capable 

 of attaining ; but, as the more inducement to rest, 

 and to lie down, a horse in training has, the bet- 

 ter, close up the sides with tatties that he may 

 not be disturbed during either the day or night. 

 One single blanket jhool, made as described at 

 page 115, with the single neck and head-piece, 

 will generally, during all November, be quite 

 sufficient clothing ; and these are only to be worn 

 at night, and during the morning's walk. In 

 December and January, if it should be cold at 

 night, the thermometer below fifty-five degrees, 

 another body blanket can be added at nine 

 o'clock. It is sudden changes from warm cloth- 

 ing to no clothing, and from warm stabling to 

 cold air, that hurt a horse, not a cool and uniform 

 temperature. The thermometer, at noon, in the 

 stall, during the cold months, varies from seventy 

 to eighty degrees. 



