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they will then lie down and rest their legs. 

 Gentlemen can make horses' legs stale enough 

 without the help of the groom. Every horse 

 should have a bran mash once every week ; 

 Saturday night is the best time, as the horse has 

 rest on Sunday. If the horse has a mash once 

 a week, a lump of rock salt in its stall, plenty of 

 good old oats and beans, pure air and water, he 

 will want but little physic ; and having these, the 

 only thing required to make its skin shine is 

 plenty of elbow grease^ — a very scarce commodity 

 in the market amongst the stablemen of the pre- 

 sent age of stand-up collars, short pipes, music 

 halls, and pewter pots. 



