420 NIGHT AND EXERCISING CLOTHING. 



the relation of the amount of clothing to the temperature 

 should be very uniform. 



35 or lower . . 3 blankets, each weighing seven pounds. 



35-45 .... 2 blankets, each weighing seven pounds. 



45-6o .... i blanket, weighing seven pounds. 



6o-7o .... i blanket, weighing five pounds. 



70 and above . i serge or linen sheet, weighing one pound. 



NIGHT CLOTHING. 



As the night clothing is unavoidably soiled, rugs instead 

 of blankets are recommended. They are not only cheap, 

 but serve their purpose quite as well as a more expensive 

 article. Blanket pins are used to keep the clothing close 

 at the neck. Although hoods are not absolute necessities, 

 one at least, a heavy one weighing three and one half pounds 

 of kersey, should be kept in every stable of three or more 

 horses for use in case of sickness, etc. 



EXERCISING CLOTHING. 



Occasions frequently arise when a horse has to be exer- 

 cised in clothing ; under such circumstances the night blan- 

 kets may be used and afterwards brushed and dried. Unless 

 a night set of rugs is at hand an exercising set should be 

 used, as the sweat absorbed soon renders the blanket air- 

 proof and unfit to be used as a covering in the stable. The 

 regular exercising blanket is so arranged, by the use of a 

 breast-cloth (see Fig. 167, p. 296), that the action 'of the 

 fore legs is not impeded at each step by the pressure of the 

 clothing about the chest and shoulders. This is a matter 

 of importance, and whatever style of clothing is used, care 

 should be taken to either use a pair of long leather straps 



