72 THE HORSE 



mediately or almost Immediately on coming Into the 

 stable. A "cooler" Is especially useful for a clipped 

 horse, to be left on until he cools off, when his regular 

 blankets can be put on. If the weather is cold, a heavy 

 blanket should be added to the cooler after five, ten, or, 

 at most, fifteen minutes. 



Horses with heavy coats that are wintered without 

 being used, and receive their exercise only by being 

 turned Into a barnyard, will do better without blankets 

 than with blankets. The long hair and dandruff which 

 nature provides for them will keep them warmer than 

 a blanket would, and, moreover, there Is much danger 

 In taking a blanket off a horse and then turning him into 

 a barnyard or paddock. 



A horse accustomed to a warm climate will, of 

 course, need careful blanketing when he comes into a 

 colder climate. Thus, a Kentucky horse brought to 

 New England should be blanketed in the stable the 

 first winter under any circumstances. 



In a northern winter, horses that have to stand about 

 the streets, such as truck horses and hack horses, 

 suffer very much from the cold. The truck horse is 

 often protected by a heavy street blanket which is left 

 on even while he is at work in excessively cold weather, 

 and even a hack horse should wear a light, woolen 

 blanket under the harness in such extreme weather 

 when, as is usually the case, he makes only short trips. 

 A clipped horse should always have a blanket under 

 the harness in very cold weather, unless he is going a 

 long distance. 



Loin blankets or "quarter" blankets, as they are 



