ON THE CECONOMY OF THE STABLE. I03 



ten or twelve days, at the end of which period 

 he may take his firfl; dofe of phyfic ; two or 

 three dofes will be fufficient, and a week after 

 the fetting, in other words, cefTation of the 

 effect of the laft dofe, his gallops may com- 

 mence. 



I (hall fuppofe myfelf addreffing thofe en- 

 tirely unacquainted with the fubjeft. Gallop- 

 ing exercife fhould ever be performed on foft 

 and dry ground ; and the found elaflic turfs of 

 Newmarket, and the Curragh of Kildare, are 

 juPily eftcemed the moft excellent for that pur- 

 pofe of any in the world. The concuffion fuf- 

 fered by the joints and finews, from conftant 

 exercife upon hard ground, counteracts in a 

 confiderable degree the very end of training ; 

 and v/here fuch inconvenience fubhlls, walking 

 exercife fhould be chiefly depended upon. 



The Hunter fhould be taken out twice a day ; 

 in the morning, and after the heat of the day 

 is over. If walhy and delicate, he (hould be 

 galloped only in the morning. The proper 

 exercife rate is a long fteady canter, in which 

 the groom preferves a jockey- feat, bearing 

 upon his knees ; this rate is fufficiently quick 

 and (Iriding to exercife the wind and finews of 

 the horfe, and to fit them by degrees for their 

 utmoft capability of exertion ; at the fame time 

 it neither irritates, fatigues, nor fweats, all 

 which mufl be religioufly avoided. After the 



hunter's 



