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ture has given him and the gradual sub- 

 sidence of his internal fires. If we now 

 give him a mess of grain, we are adding 

 fresh fuel to the fires, as the newly diges- 

 ted grain is poured into the blood and 

 carried on into the lungs, increasing the 

 work of the lungs. Thus scientific theory 

 is perfectly in accordance with the ordinary 

 practice of horsemen in this particular. 



Whether the withholding of water is of 

 so much importance, I am not prepared to 

 say. There seems to be some difference 

 of opinion on that subject. It is proba- 

 bly safer to err on the side of care. Yet 

 the loss of water, by the sweating of the 

 animal, would seem to indicate that the 

 loss should be made good, and his thirst 

 will always induce him to drink. If the 



