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they are difficult from viciousness of temper, or ia the dietetic 

 department. They may be greedy feeders, or delicate feeders ; 

 either of which cases occasionally requires in its management a 

 great deal of judgment. Some horses upon becoming the least 

 deranged in their stomach, are at once attacked with acute 

 irritation of the skin, or acute grease ; others with acute lym- 

 phites; and unless managed with skill — and that too of no 

 common order, — so as to prevent the occurrence of one or more 

 of the diseases in question, weeks may elapse ere they recover 

 and become St for efficient service. A sHLftil groom can manage 

 such animals in a way which to the novice may appear perfectly 

 simple. Such a man in any large horse-keeping establishment, 

 or where horses of great value are kept, is simply invaluable. 

 He is, in short, so to speak, the right-hand and indispensable 

 factotum to such a place. 



Before concluding the present section, it is necessary to 

 advert to many other matters relating to the business of 

 grooming; such as how to deal with a horse brought to the 

 stable in a state of excessive perspiration ; the temperature of 

 the stable ; the exercising of horses ; their hours of feeding, 

 when not at work ; the advantage of immediately clothing the 

 animal when wet from exposure to rain, or from being recently 

 washed ; the proper method of adjusting the body clothing upon 

 the horse ; and of fastening bandages . to the Hmbs. These 

 considerations, and others of similar character, it is of importance 

 to the novice that he should have at hand, together , with 

 directions relating to them, which are at once suitable and 

 available to his wants. 



Treatment of tie Sorse when Perspwmg. — As a general rule, 

 when the horse is brought to the stable in a state of perspira- 

 tion, it is desirable to walk him gently to and fro until the skin 

 becomes dry ; but this, from various reasons, may not always be 



