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always replied that, in my opinion, climate had nothing to say 

 to this fact, which I felt certain was entirely due to the poor 

 quality of South African hay, even when it is supplemented 

 with oat hay. Although the climate of India is far hotter than 

 that of South Africa, we find that newly-imported English 

 horses do much better, as far as their health and condition 

 are concerned, in the former than in the latter country. The 

 grass and hay which are given to valuable horses in India 

 are, however, exceptionally good ; better even, I am inclined 

 to think, than what can be got in England. I would advise 

 anyone who intended to send a racehorse to South Africa 

 in order to run there, to make arrangements for exporting 

 good English hay for the animal's use. The small extra 

 expense might be justly regarded as a cheap insurance against 

 loss of condition. 



