SWEATING KEYER MI KB. 297 



little above blood heat. You can now walk him once 

 round, and jog him slowly twice, when you can stop him. 



That is very good. "Wait till he gets a mouthful or two 

 of the drink. The perspiration is starting, and this hot 

 gruel will facilitate the flow. The next two rounds drive 

 a little faster, when you can bring him to the barn. We 

 are in great luck. The hair is now fully charged with 

 moisture, and you will soon see as " free a delivery " as 

 you could wish for. Turn him around in the stable, so 

 that his head will be at the heel post; close the door and 

 bring plenty of blankets, and we will throw three or four 

 extra ones on him, retaining every particle of heat. See 

 how he begins to labor in breathing, and put your finger 

 on the artery on the inner side of the jaw bone; the pulse 

 is rapid, and the artery so full that it slips, on the least 

 pressure, from under the finger. Give him another swal- 

 .low of the gruel. The perspiration is beginning to start 

 down the legs. Look at that big drop; it runs an inch or 

 two; stops; takes a diagonal course; here is an'other one 

 following it, and now three or four little rivulets are run- 

 ning down the arms, and joining in one stream below the 

 knee. Very large globules have oozed through the blanket 

 we first wrapped him in, and the weight of it is so much 

 increased that it bags down as far as the fastenings will 

 permit. Do not be alarmed at this profuse flow; I want 

 it to run a few minutes longer; you can see that the 

 horse does not labor in breathing as much as he did, and 

 clap your finger once more on the artery. It has an elastic 

 feel in place of the rigid, tense cord, that eluded you at 

 first, while the beatings are not so rapid. 



Get the scrapers and rubbers ready. Take a scraper 

 yourself, give Tom another, and let Con and Cooley be 

 prepared with the largest and softest salt sack rubbers. 

 Unbuckle the hood straps and the fastenings of the breast- 

 plate. Throw the hoods back on the loin, and turn back 



