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No man can turn out his best work with bad 

 or insufficient tools, therefore the groom must not 

 be stinted in the way of brushes, rubbers, sponges, 

 and cleaning things and material generally. For 

 these necessaries (we do not say for saddles and 

 bridles) the Army and Navy Stores are excellent, 

 and they give in their price-book a very complete 

 list of what is required for one and for two horses ; 

 more than is required is, in fact, given, as a carriage as 

 well as a horse seems to have its wants considered. 



While on the subject of stable necessaries it may 

 be remarked, that the Government body-brush is 

 an excellent one, and its price is only 2s. ^d. as 

 against from 55. to 8^. at the Army and Navy 

 Stores, or at a saddler's. Our young soldier can 

 of course obtain it on repayment. There is also 

 another article which may be found in her Majesty's 

 Stores, and which is a great preventive of waste, 

 i.e. a hay-net. If a horse's hay is given to him in 

 this he cannot throw it all out in trying to find the 

 best pieces, as he can, and often does, when it is 

 put into the hay-rack. Once on the floor a great 

 part of the hay is stamped upon and spoilt. 



Sir F. Fitzwygram deals with clothing, bandages, 

 bedding, etc. All this should be carefully noted, 

 but there is no need to repeat it. Remember, 

 however, one thing regarding bedding, if a horse 

 eats it, you must stop him somehow, and the best 

 and surest way is to put him on some bedding which 

 he cannot eat, such as moss litter,^ sawdust, or 

 1 Some horses will eat the roots in this. 



