114 SWEATING CEASES. 



general health have been carefully attended to, but 

 that his wind has been neglected, and, indeed, so far 

 this is the case. His organs of respiration should be 

 exercised and strengthened by the following means : — 

 At the end of every afternoon's walk — when the horse 

 must be sufficiently empty to prevent any injury arising 

 from quicker work — he should be sent along at nearly 

 full speed up about three hundred yards of a steep 

 ascent, which will not make him sweat, but merely ex- 

 ercise his respiratory organs, and send him back to his 

 stable a stronger horse than he was when he left it. 



More cantering or galloping than this is not only 

 unnecessary but injurious to the hunter, since nothing 

 pulls off flesh so fast as quick work, and therefore he 

 should only have enough quick work to clear his wind, 

 and no more. 



Every experienced sportsman reasonably expects his 

 horse to stand the process of wasting from November to 

 April ; and it is therefore necessary that the hunter 

 should commence the season with enough and to spare 

 of good hard material on him, that will readily supply 

 the waste without injury to the constitution. 



From the moment hunting begins, or say from the 

 first day of November, the sweating rugs will no more 

 be needed, and the horse's walking exercise should be 

 reduced from five to three hours daily, which should 

 be gone through morning and afternoon; and, as the 

 days get shorter, the time should be divided into two 

 hours in the morning and one in the afternoon. 



It will thus be seen that training or conditioning the 



