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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 783, 2 November 1882, Page 3

A Hoesk Grooming Machine.— An American journal speaks warmly in praise of the above machine, which must be very useful in large stables. By it every part of a horse can, be thoroughly brushed and dandruff scurf, and dust entirely removed from the hair down to the skin, deeper and more perfectly, than can. be done by band with .currycomb and brush by the most skilful groom, and with a rapidity Afaetie surprising. With-the double ma- - chine such, as we saw running in the Third Avenue stables, two men can easily cle<!n IfiO horses in 10 bouts, and the work is better than that done by hand, ’where - only 10 horses a day are cleaned.! The / - working of the machine is perfectly simple - ■ and easily acquired •by any intelligent groom' after a few days practice. The doable machine now on exhibition consists of a driving shaft' suspended orer- ' head in hangers, to each end of which are coupled, by a universal joint of great jdovelty and flexibility, which is the most ’ remarkable feature of this machine, pendant arms composed of three joints anala i> < gous to the human arm, within which, ' " Shaft* revolve by which the cylindrical . Mush attached to the last joint is rapidly : tamed at the rate of eight hundred or a - ’ 1 thousand revolutions per minute. This | • '"high velocity causes the bristles of the] -*■ brush to penetrate the hair down to the . skin', thoroughly cleaned and producing -upon the horse a shampooing which is greatly enjoyed. The company have been training the grooms from the stable, who with'Only three day’s practise, cleaned 150 hones in less than 10 hours; We have carefully examined the machine inlaictive ■ m» ppMatipn; )t will not only clean the horse 1 Itflraat one to two minutes, but so thor- - -■ oughly Chet h cambric handkerchief can the eoat without i being .'oii-innadOM la the least. The double machine iedm*n by steam, but horse or any other % pofflfcP toay be ‘used, and the proprietors arejuanufaetUrihg a hand-power machine Hrsball stablek