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Whilst the horse is discussing this, the dung should be taken up 

 and carried away, and then the clean straw should be carefully picked 

 out and thrown under the manger, removing the wet and dirty litter 

 to the dung-heap. 



Sweep the pavement quite clean ; give each horse three parts of a 

 pail of water (which water should have been left in pails in the stable 

 the previous night, in order that it might acquire the temperature, 

 or nearly so, of the stable) ; shake down a portion of the litter under 

 the horse, and then proceed 



To Dress the Horse. 



Turn the horse round in the stall with a common halter on, well 

 brush his head with the horsebrush, to get all the dust and dirt out ; 

 then well wisp it with a damp wisp, and finish with a rubber. 



Turn the horse back in the stall, replace the head collar, and rack 

 his head up ; take off the clothing, carry it outside the stable and 

 shake all the dust out of it, and then hang it up to air. 



With the horsebrush in the left hand and currycomb in the right, 

 next proceed to give the horse a vigorous brushing, beginning on the 

 near side with the neck, and so on all over him. 



If the horse is sweaty from the previous day's work, the curry- 

 comb must be used to raise the hairs and loosen the dirt in places 

 where the sweat and dirt have matted the hairs together — the 

 principal use of the currycomb being to clean the dust out of the 

 horsebrush, by drawing it backwards and forwards several times 

 every now and then. 



In using the brush, it should be passed across the direction in 

 which the coat lies ; but the last few strokes must be in the same 

 direction as the hair lies, in order to make the coat lie smooth. 



After all the dirt is got out, go over him with a damp wisp, using 

 plenty of elbow grease ; this will remove any dust left by the brush, 

 and will also polish the hairs. 



Finish with a clean rubber ; then put the clothes on, throwing 

 them well forward, and drawing them back into their place^, in the 

 direction in which his coat lies, so as to smooth down every hair. 



With a picker, next remove the dirt out of his feet into the dung- 

 basket, which should be placed under each foot as it is taken up, so 

 that the dirt will fall at once into the basket, thus obviating the 

 necessity of the stall being swept again. 



When all the feet have been picked out, take up the near forefoot, 

 place under it a pail, and with a water-brush wash out each foot in 



