GROOMS. 



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by pouring warm water over the place. The warm water carries away 

 the soap, and with it are also removed all the impurities natural to the 

 soiled condition of the skin. 



After the groom comes the master, who pours upon the body, already 

 washed with warm fluid, a stream of cold water from the rose of a 

 watering-pot. The intention of the process may be thus explained. 

 The dissolved soap and the warm water are simply used to cleanse the 

 body ; having done this, the cold water is applied merely to close the 

 pores of the skin, and to invigorate the system which exertion had 

 debilitated. 



CLEANSING AND COOUNO A TIRKD H0B8E. 



This accomplished, all hands present, after the manner already directed, 

 should set to work : scraping, rubbing, combing, and using their utmost 

 endeavors to dry the animal as quickly as possible. The horse is then 

 lightly hooded and clothed. Where there exists a covered way, the 

 animal should be run up and down the protected road six or seven times ; 

 then returned to the stable. Should there be no ambulatory connected 

 with the premises, the friction ought to be continued longer than other- 

 wise, so that the surface of the skin may be gently warmed, and the 

 circulation slightly quickened, that being all the little amount of motion 

 which was ordered could accomplish. 



