321 SWEATING HORSES. 



their sweats, that they should be allowed at the 

 present time to do so. 



Let us suppose the horses in question to be 

 clothed up for their sweats, and proper boys put 

 up to ride them, (let us say, for example, the 

 six boys already mentioned, as being in the 

 groom's confidence). The groom will thus briefly 

 give his orders to the boy on the horse that 

 leads — " Frank, keep fast your horse's head, and 

 mind you do not hurry them; come with them 

 the whole of the way, (say four miles), at a slow, 

 fair, and even sweating pace." The orders to 

 the other boys are, to hold fast their horses' 

 heads, and mind to keep their places. 



The horses having come over the ground, and 

 pulled up, they are ridden into the rubbing-house, 

 their additional clothes being thrown on them, 

 and the other little matters arranged. The groom 

 is now to observe how kindly or freely the sweat 

 may flow from each of them, for they may not 

 all sweat exactly alike; there may be a couple 

 of hardy horses that may not sweat sufficiently; 

 these will require to be differently treated; and 

 if so, it will be proper they should, on the next 

 sweating day, sweat by themselves. 



