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readily catching cold. Tn sinsfedng a very 

 long-coatod horse, great care must be exer- 

 cised to prevent the skin being injured. The 

 operation should be 2')erformed gradually, the 

 hair being rubbed up with an old brush be- 

 fore the lamp is drawn down. If the hair is 

 rubbed up each time, before the lamp is 

 applied, the longest hairs will be burnt first, 

 and eventually the coat will be greatly re- 

 duced without the skin in any way suffering. 



Advantages of Singeing : 



It is a matter of common experience that 

 horses which are clipped and singed and 

 rugged up during the winter, not only im- 

 prove in condition, but are capable of doing 

 double the work possible with heavily coated 

 horses, which, the moment they begin fast 

 work, are all in a lather from profuse sweat- 

 ing. It may here be remarked that constant 

 sweats will soon wear a horse to rags, whilst 

 it seems to have little or no effect on a man, 

 as, for example, a blacksmith. The sweat of 

 a horse which is fit is quite clear like water, 

 whilst that of an untrained horse is thick and 

 greasy. 



