326 SWEATING HORSES. 



cessary, a second one (such as is used on com- 

 mon occasions) should be added; and when a 

 horse is thus heavily clothed, the old fashioned long 

 breast sweater may be put on, which appears 

 to be very well adapted for excluding the admis- 

 sion of air, by keeping the clothes well in place 

 over the shoulders and chest of the horse. To 

 aid the effects of this additional clothing we have 

 just put on the horses, we can, if we think it ne- 

 cessary, give them a good short steady gallop to set 

 them on their legs and warm them a little. In 

 addition to this gallop, we must, if the horses are 

 four or five years old, increase the length of their 

 sweats to very near or quite the extent of five 

 miles. But, as our two horses are heavily clothed, 

 and the length of ground increased, that nothing 

 may happen to their legs, the best riding boys of 

 the lightest weights should be put up to ride 

 them ; and if there be one, a better or more patient 

 rider than any of the others already mentioned, 

 he should be put up on the present occasion to 

 lead the sweat. We will give him the name of 

 Bill ; and the boy put up to ride the second horse 

 we will call Tom. The groom, in giving his or- 

 ders, cautions the boy as to the length of ground 

 the horses are to come in their sweats. He says — 

 " Bill, you must mind you are going a long 



