—Laitfciister Farming, Saturday. July 23.
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ByKENDACEBORRY
LANCASTER, Pa. - How
do about 150 horse 4-H
members get ready for a
county roundup? What
special things are done to
prepare your horse and
yourself to get ready for that
big show where you compete
Busily scrubbing away at cleaning their tack,
Pam, Donna, and Lori Sammons know their
equipment will be ready for the show.
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against all the other county
members to find out just how
good a horseman you are?
Several 4-H’ers talked this
past week telling just what
they were doing to get ready.
Lashon Bussell, Manheim,
a 16-year old member of the
Boots and Saddles 4-H Club,
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spoke on her technique of
washing her quarter horse,
Jet Miss Bandera. Since 30
per cent of the grooming and
showmanship class is judged
on grooming, she believes it
is very important to have her
horse as clean as possible,.
The first thing Lashon .does
is hose her horse down with
cool water. She starts at the
front legs, works up over the
horse’s body, and down over
the back of the horse,
finishing with the tail and
back feet.
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Next, she starts to
shampoo her horse. She uses
a commercial horse
shampoo on the body, and a
baby shampoo on the horse’s
head. Shampooing is started
on the front of one side, and
the horse is lathered up
completely on that side. The
shampoo is applied directly
onto the horse, and scrubbed
m with a soft scrubbing
brush. Some special places
to scrub really hard on a
horse looking for dirt are the
elbows, knees, hocks, and
between the front legs.
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After the horse is com
pletely scrubbed on one side,
Lashon rinses that side off.
“If you lather the whole
horse at once”; she ex
plained, “the soap will dry
on the horse whit* isn’t too
good. But by doing one side
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at a time, you can wash the
soap and dirt off quickly.” A
good, thorough rinse is given
touthe horse to make sure
that all the soap and dirt is
off the horse. A sweat
scraper, a 12 inch long, thin,
curved piece of metal, is
used to make sure all the
soapy water is removed
from the horse.
The lathering and rinsing
process is repeated on the
other side of the horse. Extra
attention is paid to the white
colored areas of the horse.
These, when properly
scrubbed, should appear to
be pinkish in color. That is a
sign they are clean.
The mane and tail need
extra care. Although Lashon
uses the same shampoo, she
scrubs very thoroughly at
those places to be sure that
she gets beneath the hair to
clean out any dandruff or
loose dirt. The mane and tail
areas are too rinsed with the
hose.
A wet sponge is used to
wash the head. When the
head is thoroughly wet,
Lashon applies the baby
shampoo onto her sponge
and proceeds to wash the
face. Being careful around
the ears and eyes is stressed
because soap can cause
irritations in those sensitive
spots. Inside the ears, and
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Ginny Ruhl, 11, clips her pony’s mane, making
sure the pony looks trim and neat
around the nose and mouth
of the horse are wiped with a
washcloth. One place to
check on the head for hidden
dirt is under the chin, a place
some judges check, Lashon
noted. . , ,
After the head is washed
and then thoroughly rinsed,
a clean fluffy towel is used to
dry it. Then the hooves are
washed.
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To clean hoof, a wire brush
is used the scrub off all the
caked dirt. The bottoms of
the feet are also “hoof
picked” clean.
Now the horse should be
sparkling clean and quickly
beginning to dry. Lashon
stated that she brushes her
horse while it dries, and
wraps the legs and tail as
soon as they are dry enough
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