192 PINK AND SCARLET 



We may sometimes find it necessary to work a 

 horse whose back has been sHghtly rubbed, i. e. has 

 a little hair and skin off. We may prevent the sore 

 from being made bigger, or from being greatly 

 irritated, during a day's work, by cutting a piece of 

 kid glove about the size and the shape of the 

 wound, and then dipping it into the white of an 

 uncooked Qgg and laying it on to the wound some 

 time before the saddle is put on. It will usually be 

 found at the end of the day that the piece of kid has 

 not moved, and therefore that the sore is little the 

 worse. 



It is dangerous to continue this for long, or to let 

 the piece of kid stay on long, as we shall not then 

 see any inflammation which may be set up, and the 

 last state of the back may be far worse than the 

 first. 



One would think that leadingr one horse alongfside 

 another was a very simple thing, but it is surprising 

 how awkwardly many people, who ought to know 

 better, do it. Suppose the horse has a double 

 bridle on, how should the bridoon rein be taken 

 over to lead him ? As follows : — 



With the reins lying on the horse's neck, or held 

 in the hand, the bridoon rein being uppermost, put 

 the hand under the bit rein and get hold of the 

 bridoon rein as shown in Fig. 2, Plate XVII. (see 

 p. 188). Then draw the bridoon rein back and 

 pass it up over the horse's head, and it will fall clear 

 of, and inside, the bit reins as shown in Fig. 2, 

 Plate IV. (see p. 32). Its end may then be put 



