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up inside the quarter pieces spread for the pur- 

 pose, which latter are to be tied round their ends 

 with rubbers; and whatever straw may be want- 

 ed, for wisping the horses, may be tied up in 

 rubbers, which the spare boys, who go up to 

 help to get the horses done, can carry with them, 

 as also the scrapers. But in the spring of the 

 year, when there may be more dry clothes want- 

 ed than the boys could conveniently carry, the 

 better way would be to take them up on a hack, 

 or, if there be a colt or two in breaking, they 

 might be strapped on to the saddles, and carried 

 up by the colts: the same course is to be adopted 

 in taking the sweaters back to the stables. They 

 should then be immediately unrolled and put to 

 dry on the rails in the centre paddock in the 

 rear of the stables; or, if the weather will not 

 allow of their being dried here, they are to be 

 put before the fire in the boys' hall, as we have 

 already stated in the preceding chapter. 



We now proceed to speak again on the subject 

 of sweating different horses, under the various 

 circumstances in which they may be required to 

 undergo that operation throughout the whole of 

 their training. We will first notice the horses 

 of light, delicate constitutions. As these are 



