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down ; if so, let no noise be made ; there he is 

 to remain till he voluntarily rises: if standing 

 up, put on the snaffle bridle immediately, for 

 it is just at this time, after the night's rest, 

 that he will commence nibbling at grass, one 

 blade of which is hurtful, now that he is going 

 out to exercise. First, with a perfectly dry 

 towel, wipe the ointment, given at p. 206, out of 

 the heels, or the dust and dirt may adhere, and 

 the ointment become the cause, instead of pre- 

 venting cracks. One gora-walla having been 

 placed on each side, take off the night-clothes, 

 and brush him down well for the space of five 

 minutes ; then replace one body jhool and head- 

 piece, &c., or your English set, if you have 

 them, putting the saddle above. The jockey or 

 gora-walla is then to mount, ride him to the 

 course, and walk him about, not at a snail's 

 pace, nor at an amble, but in the manner de- 

 scribed at p. 129, and at the utmost extent of 

 his walk, for an hour and a half. The clothes 

 are now to be taken off, the saddle placed well 

 back, (the work properly of less than a minute,) 

 and the canter given ; after which he is to be 

 walked till he is cool, then brought into the 

 stall, and the head tied up instantei^ one end 

 of each snaffle rein being buckled forward to 

 the wall, and the mouthing-bit in his mouth ; 



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