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RACING. 



CHAPTER IX. 



TREATMENT OF YEARLINGS. 



Yearlings on tlie road. 



The exigencies of early racing compel us to rear our horses 

 artificially — that is, to give the weaned foals and the yearlings 

 corn to a considerable amount ; but this system should be 

 accompanied by plenty of exercise. The young things which 

 are fed three times a day on oats with carrots, an occa- 

 sional dose of linseed oil, with the addition in cold weather of 



