4 8 THROUGH STABLE AND SADDLE-ROOM. 



every three or four horses, and I will take them 

 in the order I have named them : 



Clipping Machines. — Clipping machines cost about 

 7s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. Clark's are as good as any, price 

 8 s. 6d. They require to be kept carefully oiled and 

 clean, and when not in use should be protected with a 

 leather case. The teeth are very apt to get broken 

 with careless usage, and from being thrown down, etc. 



Singeing -lamps. — There are two or three kinds 

 of singeing-lamps. The two most generally in use 

 are gas and naphtha. Those for gas are expensive, 

 the latter very inexpensive, costing only a shilling 

 or two, as compared with half a guinea or there- 

 abouts. To my way of thinking there is no com- 

 parison between the two, and in this instance the 

 cheaper has the advantage. It is true that naphtha- 

 lamps require to be carefully and constantly 

 trimmed ; but a good hand will make better work 

 with them, for the flame from gas is too fierce and 

 strong for singeing horses, and is apt to burn them. 

 The naphtha is slower and better altogether, and 

 burns the hair off more regularly. 



Stable Scissors. — A pair of stable scissors will 

 be found necessary, and with these there is nothing 

 further required. 



The cost of the above-named articles is as 

 follows, viz. : 



