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TheEquine : "Use of the brush in grooming

It is necessary that the skin be cleaned with a good bristle brush, strongly applied and well laid on.

For these purposes rubbing the skin with a wisp or rubber, though it may answer some of the subsidiary uses of grooming, is not sufficient. A wisp, especially a damp wisp, such as is often used, will not clean the skin. It might be supposed rather to plaster in the scurf and dirt. Such rubbing however does produce a certain beneficial, inasmuch as it is generally laid on with a good deal of force; and the friction has undoubtedly a considerable influence in cleaning the skin."