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CHAPTER IX. 



TREATMENT OF YEARLINGS. 



Yearlings on the 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 



