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I would recommend this sort of cloth to be made 

 like a common breast cloth, with only this differ- 

 ence, that it should be much fuller, and lined 

 with white serge or swan's skin; and instead 

 of having two buckles at the top ends of this 

 cloth, it would be better to have a buckle on the 

 near end, and a strap on the off one, which can 

 be passed through a loop that may be placed 

 long ways on the top of the outside of the wither 

 part of the old quarter piece, that is used outside 

 of the other clothing the horse sweats in ; and on 

 each side, at about the middle part of the fore ends 

 of this quarter piece, there should be fixed two 

 straps to meet two buckles that are to be simi- 

 larly placed on the centre or side ends of the 

 breast cloth. These straps and buckles, thus 

 fixed, will answer tolerably the purpose of keep- 

 ing the other clothes in place, as well also as 

 preventing the admission of air to the surface of 

 the body of the horse as he is going along in his 

 sweat. The advantage of a breast sweater being 

 thus made is, that when the fore parts of the 

 horse are to be scraped, this cloth can be more 

 readily removed than the long breast sweater; 

 for, in removing or pulling this cloth from under 

 the saddle, the horse's body clothes are loosened, 

 or indeed in some measure removed — a sort of 



