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taking them, in an effectual manner, for a lengthened 

 period. A jockey will find that after taking off 5 or 

 6 lbs. by a single sweat, he will put it nearly all on 

 again by eating even a very moderate meal. The first few 

 long walks will not take much weight off ; but, if they 

 be continued, they will rapidly waste off his superfluous 

 flesh. The system of long walks and abstinence as 

 regards food, requires so much fixity of purpose and 

 self-denial, that it is easy to imagine how unpopular 

 it is among so-called fashionable jockeys. If an 

 aperient be required, the jockey may put, as Edwin 

 Martin used to do, a teaspoonful of Epsom salts in 

 half a cup of warm tea, which should be drunk and 

 then followed by the remaining half-cupful. This 

 will produce an excellent effect without injury to the 

 health. 



But if a man is too lazy to walk and fast, he may 

 Bant, though he should dispense with his frugal lunch, 

 and eat and drink as little as he can manage to do 

 with at breakfast and dinner. The training may com- 

 mence with a strong dose of physic, say three Cockle's 

 pills at night and an ounce of Epsom salts next 

 morning. On that day, nothing beyond a quiet walk 

 should be done ; but on the next and succeeding days 



