GROOMING A TIRED HUNTER. 



dang, etc., and change clothing, etc., and give a third 

 good grooming ; replace day-clothing and bandages 

 by night ditto ; bring in night-bedding, and make 

 up with that used during the day ; brush out and 

 clean stable. 



6.15 p.m. : Feed with corn, and give remainder 

 of hay ; tidy up stable, etc. ; lock up. 



9.30 or 10 p.m. : Visit stable again, removing 

 dung, picking out feet, replacing hay which may 

 have fallen ; offer water again ; see that everything 

 is correct ; arrange ventilators ; lock up stable. 



In the foregoing I have assumed that the horse 

 has not been out hunting, or done any real work, 

 during the day. Since a tired hunter is a good 

 example to take for the purpose, we will suppose 

 that such is the case, and that he has just come in, 

 say, at the ordinary stable hour, 5.30 p.m. The 

 following should be the routine of grooming" ob- 

 served : Remove bit, and put on headstall ; slacken 

 girths and remove stirrup-leathers ; take off breast- 

 plate ; give a bucket of gruel or chilled water and 

 hay ; rub and dry ears ; brush dirt off legs and 

 feet ; put on bandages loosely ; dry neck, head, 

 shoulders ; sponge dock and nostrils ; throw a rug- 

 over the horse and feed with linseed-mash or some 

 corn. When this is finished, groom as much of the 

 body as can be managed ivitltout removing the 



