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pace is slow and long continued ; no exertion is made to render it smart, 
or to develop action in any shape, the whole attention of the groom being 
devoted to the single object which is connected with the removal of fat. 
]4 is usual, therefore, to send the horse along at a slow, steady, hand gallop 
for four miles, or in very gross animals for five or six, the last half mile 
only being done at anything like a fast pace, and even then the horse 
should not be extended to the utmost, on account of the great extra weight 
he has to carry, if he has two or three sweating blankets on. It is quite 
necessary to bear in mind this special object of the sweat, inasmuch as it 
has lately become the fashion to sweat without either clothing or exercise, 
by means of the Turkish bath. The opponents of this practice contend 
that it can never supersede the old plan, because, though it will gt rid of 
superfluities, it will not develop muscle; but they forget that it is not 
used for the latter purpose, but is solely confined to the one object, which 
by the employment of sweating blankets out of doors is accompanied with 
considerable risk. The Turkish bath is, in fact, a means to one end only, and 
must not be employed for any other. No horse could have his muscles 
and heart, his wind and limbs, made more wiry and enduring than before 
by any number of baths ; but he may be put into a condition which shali 
fit him for being so, without the risk to the legs and feet which a number 
of sweats in heavy clothing will always cause. No wonder, therefore, 
that trainers eagerly resort to the use of the bath, especially as every 
year their horses seem to be getting more and more liable to break down. 
It is quite true that the old fashioned sweat combines muscular exercise 
with the process of unloading the system, but in so doing, the time of the 
groom is the only thing saved, and no one would take that into the caleu- 
lation, as being worthy of consideration. In the new mode, when he is 
too gross, the horse is sweated on one day, and on the next he may be 
galloped if necessary, the bath producing so little fatigue, that he may 
have any amount of exercise directly after it, to which he is accustomed. 
Newmarket trainers are not very easily induced to adopt a novelty, but 
many of them have made up their minds as to the advantages of the 
bath, and several of those who are to be regarded as the highest 
authorities, have erected one on their premises. Indeed, so strong is 
the desire to carry out the new system fully, that an offer has lately been 
made to one of the Turkish Bath Companies by some of the trainers of 
Newmarket, to take shares to the extent of 1,200/. if the Directors would 
build a public bath there. In resorting to the bath at first the attempt 
was made to save doubtful legs only, but the good effect was soon found 
to extend beyond this, and in almost all cases where there would be any 
necessity for sweats and clothing, the Turkish bath is adopted instead, by 
those who have the means at their disposal. I shall, therefore, describe 
each of these plans in detail. 
ORDINARY SWEATING. 
WHEN THE OLD FASHIONED SWEAT is intended to be given, and it is not 
proposed to reduce any part in particular, it is usual to put on an old rug 
next the skin, or, in large stables, a sheet kept expressly for the purpose, 
and hence called a “ sweater ;” then an old hood and breast-cloth, next a 
second quarter-piece is put on, and even a third in some cases, and lastly, 
a complete set ef clothing over all, the saddle, as usual, completing the 
arrangement. If any special part is to be reduced, as for instance, the 
brisket or bosom, an extra cloth is folded like a shawl, and the ends being 
