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whiter and most commodious accommodation 

 for summering'. Thus there is no necessity 

 for one of two alternatives which exist where 

 no such convenience is provided — that of 

 sending horses to exercise on cold rainy morn- 

 ings, or of keeping them confined in the 

 stable. Among the novelties of the day are 

 the Turkish baths, which his lordship has given 

 a fair trial with success. They are so con- 

 structed as to admit eight horses to the pro- 

 cess simultaneously. On the advantages of 

 these baths opinions are very much at issue, 

 but theory must condescend to bow at the 

 shrine of practice. Judiciously used there 

 can be little doubt of their efficacy ; as, for 

 example, after a severe day's work, to dispel 

 the rigidity of the muscles and the latent 

 fever that exists, the effects are described as 

 restoring the appetite, and not enervating the 

 system. The process consists in submitting 

 the animals to a heated atmosphere, well 

 regulated by ventilation, and after a certain 

 time the horse is removed into an adjoining 

 apartment, where a jet of water is thrown 

 over him by means of a flexible india-rubber 

 tube, when he is quickly scraped and clothed, 

 and removed into his stable to rejoice after the 



