Show clipping 6 horses during spring quite important when horses have been so fed and groomed during the winter that their coats are comparatively short clipping Is not so essential as when the horses have run out more orless or less or hae bane wintered on coarse feeds beds little work horses that have a long heavy hair coat are not in condition to work in ia that they sweat easily and quickly and their long heavy hair will soon floor become saturated with perspiration and they will remain uncomfortable for hours after stopping work and are very likely to take cold or suffer from muscular soreness as a result of at this treatment if the horses are clipped before being put to heavy work they will not suffer from extensive perspiration and when put in the stable after a flay day in the field they will be comfortable and inno danger dancer of taking cold the question ot of health is no not t the only advantage to be derived from clipping clipping will pay on account of the sni km ing of labor in grooming of 0 i horses having a heavy coat during the season when the hair is shedding oft grooming under the best conditions 1 a disagreeable task and it la Is au royina to have the loose hairs lying flying in onos ones face or covering the clothing ahn driving or working horses that are shedding freely |