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CHAPTER VIII. 



Stable necessaries. — Pillar-reins. — Necessity for looping up 

 pillar-reins. — Accidents from loose pillar-reins. — List of 

 grooming utensils. — List of stable utensils. — Brushes. — 

 Work done by the blind. — Body-brushes. — Water-brushes. 

 - Dandy - brushes. ■ — Curry - combs. - - Mane - combs. — 

 Sponges. — Hoof-pickers. — Stable rubbers. — Chamois 

 leathers. — Burnishers. — Saddle-soap. — Clipping machines. 

 — Singeing-lamps. — Stable scissors. — Average prices of 

 grooming utensils. — Stable brooms. — Wheelbarrows. — 

 Buckets. — Stable lamps and lighting. — Candle-ends. — 

 Corn-measures — -Corn-sieves. — Corn-bins. — Prices of corn- 

 bins. — Average price of stable utensils. 



I think I have in the forep-oinp; enumerated all of 

 what may be called the actual fittings of the stable 

 — the fixtures ; and I will now proceed to take 

 notice of the smaller articles which are necessary, 

 such as pillar-reins, brooms, forks, shovels, brushes, 

 and the necessary grooming utensils, etc. Pillar- 

 reins are a necessary, and are used to fasten a horse 

 to when he is saddled or harnessed and waiting to 

 go out. 



There are various kinds — iron chains, leather 

 straps, and cords. I prefer the latter. They last 



