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CHAPTER XXI. 



STABLE UTENSILS, ETC. 



It is desirable for anyone not knowing mucli about 

 the care of horses in a stable, to make himself 

 acquainted with the names and appearance of the 

 different things used, and what they are used for. 

 Without this knowledge he will not be able, when 

 his groom asks him to buy anything, to decide 

 whether it is a reasonable request or not. 



I propose to give a list and description of most of 

 the things used in the stable, with a slight sketch of 

 some of them, so as to enable anyone not acquainted 

 with the management of horses to enable himself to 

 identify and recognise each article. 



The things I am going to describe are, I should 

 say, the least in number and the simplest in form 

 that a groom can do his horses properly with ; that 

 is, he may require more, but cannot do with less. 



We will begin with the brushes. Several of these 

 will be required of various sorts. There are three 

 brushes used in cleaning the horse 5 a brush like a 



