and notwithstanding all the pains that may be taken with these parts, the
						horse is no sooner led out than he looks much the same as an unwashed
						animal. So these operations should be omitted; and as for the rubbing of the
						legs, it is enough to do it with the bare hands. We will now show how one may rub down a horse
						with least danger to oneself and most advantage to the horse. If in cleaning
							him What follows refers to cleaning the
							fore-legs, to which a reference has doubtless dropped out of the
							text. the man faces in the same direction as the horse, he runs
						the risk of getting a blow in the face from his knee and his hoof.