. The family horse : its stabling, care and feeding : a practical manual for horse-keepers . Horses. 63 THE FAMILY HORSE. dandruff. There are also more expensive and very effective brushes, with leather backs, which fit themselves to the irregularities of the horse's surface. Special care must be used in handling the currycomb on the bony parts of the head and face. When they are properly dressed, the neck, shoulders, body and legs are gone over, the operator holding the comb in one hand and the brush in the other. With the former the hair is gently and lightly lifted, and the scurf and dandru
. The family horse : its stabling, care and feeding : a practical manual for horse-keepers . Horses. 63 THE FAMILY HORSE. dandruff. There are also more expensive and very effective brushes, with leather backs, which fit themselves to the irregularities of the horse's surface. Special care must be used in handling the currycomb on the bony parts of the head and face. When they are properly dressed, the neck, shoulders, body and legs are gone over, the operator holding the comb in one hand and the brush in the other. With the former the hair is gently and lightly lifted, and the scurf and dandruff loos- ened, while the latter follows, removing aU extraneous matters which have been loosened by the comb. Then the horse is poUshed down with wisps of straw and rubbing cloths. The mane and tail should never be dressed with the currycomb, as it will pull out the hair. Coarse combs are made of hard rubber for this purpose, and one of them, with a brush of any good pattern, are the proper implements. In spring when the horse is shedding its winter coat, care should be taken not to remove the old hair too rapidly. The joints at the hips, hocks and other places where the bones are „. ,, near the surface shoidd not Fig. 44.—SWEAT SCBAPEB. , , , j ° be touched with the curry- comb. The legs demand special care in removing all dirt from the fetlocks and pasterns. The dressing in all places where the curry- comb cannot be used, must be done with the brush, wisps and cloth. When the horse is brought in drenched with rain or wet with perspiration, the moisture is best removed by means of the scraper. There are various forms of these useful implements, one of which is shown in figure 44. Others are two-handed, each consisting of a long strip of steel or brass with a handle at each end. The scraper is passed over the neck and all accessible parts of the body, with a steady gentle pressure, repeated as often as is necessary to remove all excess of water and mud. If the w
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