OF FARRIERY. 



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liie imperceptible perspiration, which is always 

 going- on, occasions a scruf, which the Horse 

 is much relieved by ha\'ing it removed ; besides, 

 stripping the cloths off, and brushing him over, 

 greatly refreshes the Horse, and puts the 

 blood into a freer circulation. Wipe your 

 Horse down as before, finishing with rubbing 

 his legs, which must never be omitted, comb- 

 ing the mane and tail, &c., then watering. If 

 there is not a probability of the Horse going 

 out, let him have a greater quantity of water 

 than in the morning, and if he be not a greedy 

 Horse for water, he will not drink more than 

 will do him good ; but, if you perceive his 

 belly gets too large, and he appears washy, 

 you must allowance him. Set your stable fair, 

 and you have done until the final doing up 

 for the night. 



At about eight o'clock go to your stable, 

 and finish for the night. You must now give 

 him his remaining allowance of hay, being 

 double what you gave in the morning, and his 

 remaining feed of corn. You give more abund- 

 antly at night, because it will be in so forward 

 a state of digestion in the morning, as not to 

 occupy so much room, which, when working, 

 would press upon the lungs, and, consequently, 

 distress the wind ; this will be a guide how 

 you should vary it upon particular occasions, 

 so as to have your Horse in good heart and 

 spirits, but empty, when wanted for expe- 

 ditious purposes. 



The last thing, is making up the beds, and 

 setting all fair. Now, in making up the beds, 

 you contrive to lay all the worst of the litter 

 hi the middle or bottom, where the Horse is 

 most likely to spoil it ; in throwing down the 

 litter you placed behind the Horse in the 

 ^lorning, reserve the cleanest and driest part 

 <f top the bed with, making' the bed up high 



on each side, and fullest towards the hind 

 quarters, that it may be soft and pleasant to 

 the Horse, which ever side he may lay on, as 

 they will sometimes turn frequently in the 

 course of the night : tlirow out all dung, and 

 sweep clean ; see that all the stall-collars are 

 secure, loose cloths taken off, and every thing 

 set fair, which finishes the routine of the 

 stable. 



EXERCISE. 



Exercise is so essentially necessary and 

 beneficial to the Horse, that all the feeding 

 and grooming would be of little use, if work 

 or exercise be omitted. It is admitted, that 

 gieat numbers of Horses are killed or spoiled 

 with being over-worked ; and, it is a doubt 

 with me, if as many are not spoiled in London 

 for want of work. There are several persons 

 in London who keep Horses, but who are so 

 occupied with business, that they cannot ride 

 them out oftener than once in a week, and 

 many that I know, don't ride them once in a 

 month ; their Horses stand at livery, and they 

 order them to be exercised. Men employed 

 in livery-stables have seldom le s than six or 

 eight, and I have kno\\n some to have ten 

 livery-horses to look after : these men, if they 

 rub off the dung, and occasionally give them 

 a brush over, <>mit exercise, not finding time 

 for it. Gentlemen do not like to see or know 

 boys are permitted to ride their horses ; and 

 without they keep grooms of their own, their 

 Horses will go short of exercise. 



Consider, then, those Horses that are con- 

 fined in a livery-stable from week's end to 

 week's end, and many stables confined and 

 filthy ; if they are sometime /noved about 

 which they call exercise, it it; ,in a ride, per- 

 haps, fifty or sixty yards long, made up of 



