220 THROUGH STABLE AND SADDLE-ROOM. 



means. Anyhow, I am glad to say the fashion has 

 gone out, and in the shires undipped legs are rarely 

 to be seen. 



After a horse is clipped and singed he requires 

 to be thoroughly well groomed, and then galloped 

 in clothing till he sweats well ; after which he may 

 be washed quickly with warm water, and should be 

 thoroughly dried, and clothed up and bandaged 

 until he has got perfectly cool and there is no 

 danger of his suffering from chill, when he should 

 be again groomed and well wisped, and his ordinary 

 clothing replaced. If a horse is clipped at the 

 right time, he should not require more than one, or 

 at most two subsequent clippings during the season. 

 His coat must then be left to grow for the spring, 

 and must not be again touched, or his summer coat 

 will be spoiled. 



It is by no means an easy matter to pull a mane 

 properly, but it is necessary, where the growth of 

 hair is thick and long, to get rid of a good deal of 

 it. There is a sort of infernal machine, called a 

 mane-drag, a thing like a bent fork, which is used to 

 drag the hair out of a mane. It is very aptly 

 named. Drag it it does, and to a cruel extent, and 

 inasmuch as it takes up a good lot at a time, it 

 must be an unpleasant sensation to a horse. Dealers 

 use them a good deal. I have noticed that some 



