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rected; indeed, this is a sort of food which should 

 be had recourse to on winter nights, with craving 

 horses that are out of training, as often as twice 

 or three times a week, if the weather be such as 

 to prevent them from going to their regular daily 

 exercise. The horses having had their hay given 

 them, the boys that feleep in the stable, having 

 previously had their suppers, now goto bed; and 

 at about nine o'clock the groom should lock the 

 stable door for the night. 



Having made my observations on the arrange- 

 ments relative to the treatment of the horses 

 and the regularity of the stables, and on the 

 horses stopping in on a wet day, I shall now 

 proceed to state what are the requisites to be at- 

 tended to, when the horses go to exercise on a 

 dry day. The feeding the horses, and the duties 

 of the stable will be the same as have already 

 been noticed for the month of October ; but now, 

 as the weather gets colder, so in proportion must 

 the clothing of the horses be increased, as well 

 when they are standing in the stables, as when 

 they have to go out to exercise. Indeed, so 

 changeable is the climate of England, that this 

 attention to clothing is not only necessary now, in 

 winter, but at all times and seasons of the year. 



