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On other hoods o\er it. And it is to be observed, 

 whenever there is occasion to use more hoods than one, 

 that the last is the only one that should have ears 

 to it. 



The next cloth used for a horse to sw^eat in is called 

 a body-sweater. It should be made sufficiently long, 

 so as to reach from the top of the horse's tail up to very 

 near his ears ; and it should be sufficiently deep at this 

 part so as to lap round the neck, and cover the shoul- 

 ders. That part of the cloth which comes sloping off 

 from the horse's flanks must be made long enough to 

 lap well over under the horse's belly ; for this purpose, 

 the centre part of it should be nearly two yards and a 

 half long. This cloth, properly made, resembles in 

 form a common sheet, only that it is much fuller in 

 every part, so as to cover the horse all over, his head, 

 ears, and legs excepted. 



The next cloth used in sweating is called a breast- 

 sweater. It should be made full three yards in length, 

 and three quarters of a yard in breadth. In the mid- 

 dle part of it, there should be a mark made by sewing 

 on a piece of stuff of a different colour, that its centre 

 may be easily perceived. This saves time and trouble 

 in putting it on. This is the last cloth put on the 

 horse when he is going to sweat, and it is a very 

 useful one. Indeed it cannot well be done without, 

 as it keeps all the other clothes down and in place, 

 and prevents the admission of air to the surface of the 

 horse's body when he is going rapidly along. In 

 addition to these sweating clothes, there are others 



