88 HOESE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA. 



used for hunting purposes, from the penetration of 

 thorns, &c." (Williams.) 



Horses in India, that are thoroughly groomed, well- 

 fed, and warmly clothed, will rarely have a coat long 

 enough to require clipping. 



As the bristles that grow about a horse's muzzle, 

 eyes and chin, act as feelers -replacing to some extent 

 the want of hands they should not be cut or pulled 

 out. The hair which lines the external ear should also 

 be allowed to remain untouched. 



Grooming. Before grooming, the horse may be 

 tied up by side reins running from rings fixed, about 

 six feet high, at each side of the doorway of the stall, 

 and attached to the rings of the watering bridle. 



If he kicks badly, his hind legs may be confined by 

 a short hobble, called in Hindustanee, mujuma, placed 

 on his hind pasterns. The use of heel ropes is apt to 

 strain him. 



When the horse returns from exercise in clothing, he 

 should be tied up, his hood removed, and his neck and 

 throat scraped, if there be any sweat visible. 



The space between his jaws should be carefully dried 

 with a dry cotton rubber. A man on each side, with a 

 fresh straw or hemp wisp, should go thoroughly over 

 the exposed parts, working the wisp backwards and 

 forwards well into his coat. The breast and body 

 pieces are successively removed, and his chest, fore- 

 arms, shoulders, back, loins, belly, quarters, thighs, &c., 

 quickly rubbed down and dried in a similar manner. 

 This done, the syces should set to and hand-rub him, 

 beginning at his ears and ending at his hocks. The 

 ears should be pulled gently between the fingers several 



