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which gives it a more natural feeh'ng-, and it is not 

 so likely to chafe his back as when clipped bare 

 like other parts of his body. Carriage and harness 

 horses ma} be clipped down to the feet, and when 

 brought in from a dirty journey they must be cleaned 



Fig. 41. — Hunter Clipped. 

 (U C, undipped portions. X X X X, clipped portions.) 



and dried at once. Farm horses, and work horses 

 of all kinds, should only be clipped ''half-rib," which 

 means that the hair should be left upon their backs 

 down to the turn of the rib, and from the knees to the 



