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G ROOMING, \VASIIIN: ; I 



A good gora- walla, well looked after, will clean 

 your horse quite as well as an English groom ; and 

 twice in the day, at eight in the morning and half- 

 past three, with a rub down and slight brushing when 

 he comes in from exercise in the evening, are the pro- 

 per times. During the months of March and October, 

 or when he is changing his coat, dispense with the 

 curry-comb, if thin skinned, and use only the hand- 

 rubber and brush. Moulting, in all hot latitudes, is 

 very slight, yet some horses are a little weak in con- 

 sequence : a bran mash should be added to the gram 

 every evening if this is the case, and a little sweet 

 gram-flour gruel given in the morning. The hair of 

 the mane and tail is often greatly disfigured by the 

 curry-comb and hand-rubber, making it all scraggy, 

 and giving it the ugly and dirty appearance of mange. 

 Never permit the curry-comb or hand-rubber to go 

 within three inches of either the inane or the tail, and 

 then the hairs of the mane from the near side, that 

 hang over to the offside, will be equally long with the 

 rest ; and those nearest the root of the tail will be also 

 long : the hair destroyed in one day by a slovenly 

 mode of cleaning, will take a whole twelvemonth to 

 grow again to a proper length. The comb is often in 

 fault too, from the numerous teeth in it* have it of 

 thick, strong bone, but file away every other tooth, 

 not leaving more than six, including the corner ones ; 

 and then the hair will neither be broken nor pulled 

 out. The mane and tail being in nice order, add 



* 1 \vould never use a comb to either the mane or tail. The brush properly 

 usccl, will keep them in much better order. ED. 



