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HOKSEMANSHIP FOK WOMEN. 



the hint at once and have the padding eased over the 

 place, or a tedious and vexatious " saddle - gall " may 

 result. There is no better treatment for such a spot 

 than bathing with very hot water. As a preventive, 

 however, it is an excellent plan to bathe the back with 

 cold water, afterwards carefully rubbing dry. 



The several instruments of torture represented in the 



THE WALK (colt IN TRAINING). 



above cut are the dumh-jockey upon the horse's back, the 

 Gomesson around his nose, and the lunging-cord in the 

 hands of the groom — to whom the artist has very prop- 

 erly given the countenance of one who, had he lived in 

 old times, would have lent a hand at the rack or the 

 iron boot without wincing. The dumb-jockey has elastic 



