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the sash-windows should be opened widely in the 

 morning as soon as the groom enters the stable, so 

 as to let a current of fresh air sweep through the 

 building. This will accelerate the passage of the 

 heated air emitted from the horses through the ven- 

 tilators in the roof, which, being lighter than ordinary 

 air, always ascends. 



HARNESSING THE HORSE FOR GOING OUT. 



In bridling a horse after he has been harnessed, 

 he should not be turned in the stall until the bridle 

 is securely fixed upon him. Grooms sometimes train 

 horses to wheel round as soon as the headstall is 

 taken off, no doubt under the impression that it is 

 clever, but, undoubtedly, accidents occur by horses 

 rushing out, getting kicked by others, and knock- 

 ing the skin off their quarters by turning abruptly 

 in narrow stalls. When a horse is turned in the 

 stall ready harnessed to go out, he should always be 

 properly secured by pillar chains with safety hooks 

 on either side. The chains should be long enough 

 to give him sufficient head without being so long 

 as to permit him getting forward past the pillars ; 

 while they should be fixed high up, so that should he 

 become restless and begin pawing he will not get 

 entangled by putting his legs over the chains. His 

 feet may be oiled lightly over, though some people 

 prefer to have them washed clean with water. In 

 dry, dusty weather the latter is perhaps preferable. 

 A horse with any white on his legs requires more 



