278 SWEATING CRAVING HORSES. 



approaches for them to undergo this exertion, the 

 groom, with a sufficient number of his boys, 

 enters the stables, and each boy goes into the 

 stall of the horse he looks after, and takes off his 

 muzzle and collar; the horses then come round 

 and have their bridles put on. When any thing 

 is being done to a race horse, unless he is very 

 vicious, the boy who looks after him is mostly 

 the one appointed by the groom to take charge 

 of his head. We will now suppose this boy to 

 have hold of the reins of the bridle in each hand, 

 strained pretty tight, and to be standing at a 

 convenient distance in front of his horse's head; 

 while two boys, (one on each side), of more ex- 

 perience, are clothing the horse up for his sweat. 



We will now state minutely the directions for 

 putting on the sweating clothes of one horse, and 

 which of course will answer for the clothing of 

 any other ; only observing this difference, that the 

 quantity of clothing is either to be increased or 

 diminished, according as the age, constitution, 

 or condition of the horse may require. Being 

 stripped of his standing clothes, the first part 

 of the clothing to be put on him is his hood, 

 which should be lined throughout with white 

 serge; if it should be necessary to apply two. 



