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the clothes so as to expose the chest. Throw that neck 

 wrapper on one side. Use your scrapers carefully, only 

 bearing on enough to force the water from the hair. You, 

 boys, rub him lightly between and around the ears. Your 

 cloths will absorb more moisture if you do not bear on. 

 Now unbuckle the flank girth; throw the clothes over his 

 chest and neck, lay the belly wrapper on one side; it is 

 heavier now than all the clothes were when first put on. 

 Scrape his sides, back, and quarters. How the froth bub- 

 bles ! We will have different looking and feeling sweat from 

 this in a month or two. Be very careful not to irritate him 

 when you scrape the inside of the thigh and flanks; throw 

 the clothes back : his neck will now scrape again. Go all 

 over him once more, but before you begin throw off these 

 extra blankets. Now you can throw them all off. Tom, 

 you can also take a rubber, and rub his loin briskly. 



You, my scholar, get some dry clothes, a pair of those 

 large, fine English blankets, and a hood of the same mate- 

 rial. Smooth his hair by running the rubbing-cloths the 

 right way of it, and do not ruffle it as you put the dry 

 clothes on. This time tie the blankets outside of the tail, 

 put your lightest cover over the blanket, and, Con, you 

 can walk him in the ring till you are called in. The rest 

 of you take the outside clothes, and hang them in the air 

 to dry. The neck and belly wrapper place in a tub of 

 water to soak. Get some dry, clean rubbers, the foot tub, 

 hot water, and bring me a small-sized pail, so that I can 

 prepare his drink for the day, which will be eight quarts 

 of tepid water, with a table- spoonful of the best cream of 

 tartar in it. He must not be allowed to drink any more 

 than this till to-morrow morning given by pouring two 

 quarts of it at a time into another bucket, so that he will 

 not be tantalized by seeing more than we want him to 

 drink, which will also satisfy his thirst better. The object 

 in restricting him in the water is that the absorbents will 



