Section III. 



ON GEOOMS, GEOOMING, AND THE GENEEAL 

 MANAGEMENT OE HOESES. 



OEOOMS. 

 STABLE TOOLS. 

 HOKBE CLOTHING. 

 WET BANDAGES. 



PBESPmiNG H0B8BS. 



TEMPEEATDEE OF STABLE. 



EXBEOISE. 



H0UE8 OP FEEDING. 



To groom and rightly to manage horses is a business of 

 considerable importance. If it consisted, as many people sup- 

 pose, in merely giving them hay and com at stated intervals ; 

 ia cleaning them periodically with a wisp of straw, or other- 

 wise in performing the necessary duties, in any way and at any 

 time, grooming would then be readily learnt, and as readily 

 understood. A good groom, however, is a rarity. Tears of 

 practice, and a large share of experience only to be derived 

 from such practice, are required ; and in addition, that peculiar 

 natural aptitude and love for the work, by which at all times a 

 genuine member of the body is distinguished. Before excel- 

 lence can be attained in any calling or handicraft, a man must 

 possess that which teaching cannot impart, but upon which Ms 

 success depends, viz. — a feeling mthin ike man that, hy its force 

 and sincerity, sliull, with the aid of practice, lead him to become 

 a master in his art. People ignorant of the ^business of horse 

 management are apt to suppose that every feUow who invests 



