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bring a certain horse to the post, fit to run at a certain 

 meeting (whether there be sufficient time or not), dis- 

 obedience to which orders would only lose them the 

 .custom of their employers ; therefore trainers should 

 not be judged harshly when they bring a horse to the 

 post manifestly unfit to run. In nine cases out of ten 

 the blame lies with their employers, who engage their 

 horses early in March, well knowing that, unless their 

 horses are galloped on ice half their time, they can- 

 not be galloped at all, save and except they be able 

 to avail themselves of a ' tan gallop,' which is not always 

 ' good going ' in severe weather ; consequently sweat- 

 ing, or more properly wasting, is the only method left 

 open to them of ensuring even a semblance of condition. 



But to return to the subject. We will suppose that 

 the horse shows symptoms of puffiness and inability to 

 hold a severe pace for any distance over a mile. It 

 must not be supposed that he is therefore only a miler. 



The correct decision can readily be arrived at by a 

 practical observer. If the horse be only ( a miler ' he 

 will lose his muscular powers entirely after this distance 

 has been got over at top speed. If he be able to go a 

 greater distance, merely loss of the powers of respiration 

 will be evident, which must be strengthened by ex- 

 ercise and general health, always bearing in mind that 

 nothing tends more decidedly to relieve the organs of 

 respiration than great attention to the skin. 



In any case — from whatever cause the horse may 

 feel distressed — he should be pulled up immediately 

 such symptoms are apparent, which can be easily dis- 



