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inquire as to the propriety of warmly 

 blanketing horses after severe exercise. 

 What is the condition of the animal that 

 comes in reeking with swxat ? It is cer- 

 tain that his body has been extremely 

 heated, as shown by his sweating. What 

 will happen if he is allowed to stand in 

 the open air ? The horse is still panting, 

 which shows that he is hurrying the com- 

 bustion of his tissue waste ; the heart is 

 beating quickly, to send the blood quickly 

 to the lungs, to have its burden of waste 

 products burned up, and consequently, 

 he is thereby still making an additional 

 amount of heat. If allowed to stand in 

 the open air, the extra heat being genera- 

 ted will quickly dry the coat, and as the 

 heat subsides, the hair will rise slowly, if 



