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dofe which purged him four fucceffive days 

 and nights, and reduced him to the condition 

 of a doo^-horfe. I faw the horfe afterwards at 

 Newmarket in the fineft order in the world, 

 and if I was not convinced of the flvill of the 

 groom, I had no doubt about the found confti- 

 tution and good fortune of the horfe. 



The error is ftill more grofs, to over-train 

 horfes of naturally weak (lamina and irritable 

 habits ; fuch fhould always have a due portion 

 of flefhy fubftance left to fupport the tremu- 

 lous and flagging fibres. -I fufpeft the ufual 

 routine of exercife is always too fevere for 

 thefe, but from its being general and common 

 to them all, its ill effetls are lefs apparent. 

 There are horfes which become bone lean in 

 two or three weeks exercife ; I would aflc, why 

 continue to fweat fuch, fince they appear to 

 have no fatty fubftance left to fweat away ? It 

 would be anfwered, thefe horfes carry their fat 

 within them, as Quakers and dark lanterns do 

 their light, and that the fweats are farther 

 intended to improve their wind. Wafliy horfes 

 particularly, I believe, get rid of their internal 

 fat firfl, and for the fake of their wind, would 

 it not be better to fweat or rather pive them a 

 four-mile moderate gallop, in only their ordi- 

 nary clothes, without any additional weight ; 

 which, furely, to the amount generally laid on, 

 muft help to relax and debilitate in a very 



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