STABLE NECESSARIES iii 



lamps, which is the same thing as saying that they 

 are changed when they get hot, which is by no 

 means always the case with gas lamps. The 

 owner, if he drops in unexpectedly, will probably 

 find his man complacently singeing away with a 

 lamp which is much too hot and on his attention 

 being called to the fact will say he is just about 

 to change it. 



The scissors should be of the best steel and 

 should be kept sharp and bright. Scissors are 

 not very costly and do not occupy much room, 

 and it is as well to have two pairs, one of which 

 should have curved blades. 



Each man who has a horse or horses to look 

 after should have for his own use a body brush, 

 a water brush, a dandy brush, a curry comb, a 

 mane comb, two sponges, a hoof -pick, three 

 rubbers, two chamois leathers, and a burnisher, 

 for all of which he must be personally responsible. 

 A man with a large stable of horses will find these 

 items come in very expensive if he allows them 

 to be used promiscuously by any or every man 

 in his employment, on the principle that what 

 is everyone's business is no one's. 



The Brushes should be of the best. A low- 

 priced brush is always dear, as experience soon 

 teaches. The body brush should be made of the 

 best bristles and care should be taken in buying 

 that the bristles in each tuft in the brush are of 

 uniform quality. The back of the brush should 

 be screwed and not glued on — otherwise the brush 

 will soon be in pieces. Important as this is with 



