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from a quarter to half a mile. Although there have been 

 many instances take Chieftain of Arab galloways 

 being able to hold their own, at even weights, with 

 Arabs of all sizes, still, in ninety-nine cases out of a 

 hundred, allowance for height 4 lb the J inch will 

 not bring a 13 and 13-2 pony together, nor the latter 

 with one of 14 hands, provided the galloway has any 

 pretensions to racing form ; but if an owner happens to 

 possess such a rarity, like what Abdool Raymon was, 

 he had better train him for distances at which he will 

 meet the class bigger than himself; for if the animal 

 can succeed with them, he will have little difficulty 

 in beating those of his own size, even in races shorter 

 than those for which he was prepared. 



For " all Arabs," 1 \ miles will be a fair average dis- 

 tance over which to train them ; while \ mile less will 

 usually answer for Walers and English horses. 



Quite as much, if not more, depends on a horse's 

 stable management, as on the work he gets, in bring- 

 ing him fit to the starting post. Many horses have 

 been got into good condition, and have won important 

 races, by being simply hacked, with, now and then 

 perhaps, a canter on a soft bit of turf; or even by doing 

 nothing more than trotting work in a very light trap, 

 when their legs have been particularly infirm. But I 

 doubt whether a horse has ever been brought within a 

 stone of his proper form, when he has been but indiffer- 

 ently looked after in the stable. 



Training Quarters. The worst of the hot weather 

 being over by the beginning of July, the horses may 

 be put into slow work from that date. Before this, the 



