82 ABC OF THE HORSE 



Before leaving the subject of groom- 

 ing, two pieces of advice to the novice : 

 When your horse has been finished off 

 for the day, occasionally visit the stable 

 and pass your hand under the chest 

 between the forelegs, and feel for hair 

 matted with dry perspiration. If you 

 find it once, forgive it, but if you find 

 it a second time, dismiss the man. As 

 a good housewife searches the corners 

 of her house for dirt and dust, so the 

 good horse owner — the man who recog- 

 nises that he owes a duty to the animals 

 who do his work for him — should 

 examine those portions of their bodies 

 which do not at the first glance attract 



