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may be requisite, at nine, twelve, three, six, and 

 nine; but the first, of nine, one, six, and half- 

 past eight, (the last one always partly consisting 

 of boiled barley or sago,) though not generally 

 adopted, will answer best when properly fed. 

 If you are a determined advocate for the hours 

 of nine, twelve, three, and seven, you should 

 enter upon that system when you commence 

 putting into condition. Feeding at daybreak, 

 even to the amount of a cutcha seer — the cus- 

 tom with some turfmen, who ahvays muzzle at 

 night — is not a good practice, unless for such 

 a voracious feeder as requires to be fed six 

 times a-day ; and then, after being muzzled all 

 night, it may be necessary. An hour before 

 would, even then, be better than daybreak. If 

 an English training groom feeds early in the 

 morning, the exercise does not follow so soon 

 after as it does in India ; but there are as many 

 little variations in different stables at home as 

 there are in this country. 



MUZZLE, WHEN REQUIRED, LEATHER DHOOL, ETC. 



If at any time during training, notwithstand- 

 ing the old bedding being uppermost, you find 

 he eats some of it, either during the day or 



