138 WASTING FOR RACE RIDING. 



The following would be about the correct style of 

 daily food : A steak or a couple of chops — done on the 

 gridiron, but not in the fryingpan — a couple of slices of 

 stale bread, or dry crisp toast, a few plain boiled onions, 

 a bunch of radishes or cress, a stick of celery, or a 

 couple of tomatoes, and a cup of tea, wdth a very little 

 milk and without sugar, for breakfast. A slice or two 

 of cold meat, a hard biscuit, and a glass of water for 

 lunch. A couple of slices from a joint, plain boiled 

 onions, a biscuit, a stick of celery, and half a pint of 

 claret with water for dinner. By pursuing this system, 

 with plenty of ordinary exercise, a man, in a month 

 or so, will gradually get down to within 5 or 6 lbs. 

 of his lightest riding weight, which, if required, can 

 be attained by a couple of sweats and a dose of 

 physic. 



I am glad to find that John Osborne and Edwin 

 Martin advocate the system of long quick w^alks with- 

 out sweaters, and strict moderation in food without 

 actual Banting, in preference to that of violent purga- 

 tives and heavy sweats. Both have repeatedly got off 

 28 lbs. in a fortnight or three weeks, and felt all the 

 better for it. Regular sweats depress a man so much, 

 and make him so nervous, that he cannot continue 



