76 A BC OF THE HORSE 



a handful or two of light wood sawdust 

 rubbed for a few minutes well into the 

 hair will absorb all moisture from the 

 most hirsute legs, affording not only a 

 sense of comfort to the animal, but 

 preventing those undesirable conse- 

 quences engendered by continued ap- 

 plication of cold and wet to the ex- 

 tremities. The iron curry comb should 

 never, as a rule, be applied to the skin 

 of horses. For long, rough coats 

 nothing is better than a good dandy 

 brush to remove dandriff, dust, and 

 dirt ; for finer-coated horses a good 

 bristle brush suffices, and the use of 

 this may be advantageously supple- 



