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CHAPTER IX. 

 CLOTHING. 



Necessity and Objects of Clothing Nature of Clothing Amount of Clothing 

 Necessary as a Protection against Cold Various Kinds of Clothing Quarter 

 Sheet Roller Roller Cloth Breast Cloth Rug Tail Guard Hood- 

 Under Rug Head Collars Halters Bandages. 



THE somewhat arbitrary grouping made in this section has 

 been adopted so as to include all the usual articles which a 

 horse wears in and out of the stable, and which are uncon- 

 nected with riding and driving. 



NECESSITY AND OBJECTS OF CLOTHING. 



In considering the necessity of clothing in a stable, we 

 have to take into account the altered conditions of warmth 

 under which a horse finds himself on being brought into a 

 stable from the open. In a box or stall he is deprived of the 

 frequent exercise which helps to keep his blood at a due rate 

 of circulation when he is at liberty ; the thickness and length 

 of his coat become reduced by grooming and clipping, and 

 the dandruff (scaly particles of outer skin) and hair oil, which 

 aid in protecting his body from cold, are more or less removed 

 by grooming. On the other hand, the building in which he 

 resides, shelters him to a greater or less extent from bleak 

 winds and changes of temperature ; the air contained in it is 

 usually hotter than that in the open ; the bedding, as a rule, 

 affords a warmer couch than the animal could obtain outside ; 

 and he is generally better fed. Although circumstances vary so 



