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until they are reeking witli sweat, let them 

 drink when they please, and leave them 

 in the open air, without protection of any 

 kind. But these horses, if stabled at all, 

 are kept in stables about as fresh as out- 

 doors. 



I have spoken of the automatic arrange- 

 ment for regulating and maintaining a 

 normal temperature existing in a healthy 

 horse. When horses have been too closely 

 stabled the delicacy of this mechanism is 

 impaired. Their skins seem to be unnat- 

 urally wet, and the perspiration oozes out 

 on the slightest exertion, and when in 

 their summer coats a very short drive will 

 give them the appearance of being var- 

 nished. This is looked upon by many as 

 a marvel of skillful grooming. It is sim- 



