2/J2 ON THE PACES, AND 



of which you mnjl come along, and good walk- 

 ing exercife in the afternoon, is fully fufficient. 

 This ought to be preceded by a gentle dofe of 

 phyfic. If a trial, all the way through, be held 

 neceflary, let it be as long as poffible (confident 

 with condition) previous to the race. 



Trotters fhould always be ridden with a 

 double-reined bridle, moderately curbed ; and 

 with refpecl; to a jockey, I would advife a pre- 

 ference to be given to one who belongs to the 

 running flables, and that not entirely on the 

 confideration of weight. Suppofing one of 

 this defcription to be rather unaccuftomed to 

 trotting, he will train on fufficiently in the 

 courfe of exercife : and will have, at his fingers 

 ends, certain important points, of which the 

 common trotting- jockey will always be igno- 

 rant. The reafon ufually afhgned for fetting a 

 huge thundering fellow upon a trotter, rolling 

 from fide to fide, fawing his jaws, and beating 

 him out of his ftroke, is, forfooth, that the 

 weight may Ready the horfe, and the jockey be 

 flrong enough to hold him ; as if it did not re- 

 quire pulling with infinitely more effect, and 

 judgment, to make a waiting race with a hot 

 and powerful horfe, which is fo often and fo 

 well performed over the Beacon courfe, by a 

 rider of eight ftone. 



In trotting matches, no attention is ufually 

 paid to weight, unlefs it be to fet up a fufficient 



lump, 



