290 SWEATING CRAVING HORSES. 



out, their hoods are to be put on; the boys that 

 look after them now mount them, and ride them 

 out of the stables on to the downs. If the morn- 

 ing is not cold, they may walk for a short time 

 to stretch their legs; but should it be cold, the 

 sooner they take their sweating gallop the better. 



While the horses are out, the boys that are 

 left in are immediately to throw open the 

 doors and windows of the stables. The horses' 

 beds are to be set fair, and their sweaters, 

 which have just been used, are to be removed; if 

 the weather is sufficiently fine, they are to be 

 laid out on the rails round the back yard; but 

 should the weather be unfavourable, they are to 

 be taken to the boys' hall, and there placed on 

 wooden horses before the fire ; when thoroughly 

 dried, they are to be rolled up, with the scrapers 

 in them, and put away in the saddle-room. For 

 the convenient arrangement of these little affairs 

 see Vol. I. pp. 16, 20. 



As this is their first sweat, and it having 

 taken place early in the season, the weather is 

 not likely to be warm; and as we do not wish 

 to risk our horses catching cold, there will be no 

 occasion for them to walk longer afier they have 



