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are shy or vicious." The above is very concise, 

 and not a word could be omitted. 



In many studs the habit of handling youngsters 

 with firmness, by picking up their feet and pulling 

 them gently backwards or forwards by their 

 leather head-collars, all helps to make them par- 

 tially broken before they ever go up as two-year 

 olds to their trainer. 



But do not make foals or young horses soft by 

 over-petting them. Their object is to win races 

 eventually, and for that they must be alert, yet 

 obedient. 



Many owners who are not afraid of valuable 

 youngsters getting fairly rough weather — such 

 as sharp showers of rain, &c. — often derive the 

 benefit of better constitutions than they would do 

 if they over-coddled their high-priced charges and 

 allowed them to be in their loose-boxes instead of 

 defying the elements in a healthy, airy paddock. 



