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THE CARE OF HORSES 



second time to get quite clear, I seized her by the 

 throat and kept her head up, whilst a gentleman 

 replaced the bridle, and on we went. Draw the fore- 

 lock outside the frontal band, comb and water-brush 

 the mane, forelock, and tail, and oil the hoofs, and 

 your horse is ready. 



Watch the linings of all saddles ; they are bound 



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FIG. II. — CORRECTLY SADDLED AND BRIDLED. 

 DETAIL WITH FIG. 12. 



[JK Shawcross. 

 COMPARE IN 



to ' get down,' when they will begin to rub your 

 horse. Especially if the hard part of the seat gets 

 down on the backbone it will result in an enlarged 

 joint, which will always stand up like a walnut. 

 Study the two illustrations well, and you will learn 

 more from them than all I can tell you. For side- 

 saddle work I must explain more at length, and 

 more fully illustrate my information, as from long 



