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HORSE ATTENDANTS AND 

 STABLE DUTIES. 



WE shall first consider the case of army 

 horses which are accompanied by cavalry 

 men. 



The best arrangement is to divide the horses 

 into sections, each of which is to be looked 

 after as regards watering, feeding, grooming, 

 exercising (when possible), and mucking-out 

 by one man, who being in frequent atten- 

 dance on his charges, will be able to 

 promptly notice and report any signs of 

 indisposition in them, which work could not 

 as a rule be done by men who came on 



