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ing, up to one mile, substituted. This work ought only 

 to take place in the morning, and should be gradually 

 lengthened. The speed of the canter ought only to be 

 just sufficient to keep the horse out of a trot, or per- 

 haps a very little more. During this month no clothing 

 should be put on at exercise, for the weather will be 

 still very warm, and on no account should a horse do 

 more work than, in the morning, a slow canter after 

 an hour's walking, and in the evening, nothing more 

 than a four or five-mile walk. The morning work should 

 be completed, and the horae back in his stable, before the 

 sun is well up. 



On finishing the canter, the horse should be pulled 

 up very gradually, so as not to strain his forelegs or 

 hocks, and not until he has gone a couple of hundred 

 yards beyond the winning post if on a race-course 

 he should then be turned round towards the inside, and 

 trotted to the rubbing-down shed, where he is scraped 

 and rubbed down, as i have before described. 



These canters may be given two or three times a 

 week, while, on two other days, the monotony of 

 the work may be broken, by taking the horse out 

 in the country, and then trot, canter, and walk him 

 by turns for eight or nine miles. This will keep 

 him fresh and in good spirits, for he appreciates an 

 " outing " and change of scene, just as much as we do 

 ourselves. 



After these two months of preparatory work, the 

 horse's muscles aud sinews will have begun to harden, 

 and he may now be put to regular galloping. 



Want of preparatory work, before giving horses 



