136 HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP 



always smart, but the amount of pulling required 

 each time is very little. 



I can give my readers no advice on how to trim 

 a docked tail. I know nothing about it. 



In order to attain this fullness at the bottom, 

 it must be remembered that no hairs should be 

 pulled except the short ones near the root of the 

 dock, and then only underneath. 



Near the root a good deal of unnecessary feather- 

 ing grows which is neither useful nor ornamental, 

 and these hairs are the only ones that should be 

 removed. But no hairs should be pulled, whether 

 short or long, which are on the top of the tail. 

 They should be carefully brushed and made to 

 lie flat. 



The following diagrams will show my point. 



This is called 

 the feather." 



Diagram XV 



Get rid of these underneath " feathers " and 

 brush the top ones carefully downwards. 



These hairs should be pulled, or cut with a 

 scissors. 



Ignorant grooms so often mangle tails that they 

 look as if the rats had been at them. Once a tail 



