DAILY WO UK. 9.21 



During regular training, a horse should travel about 

 twelve miles a day, including every kind of exercise. 

 For instance, four miles before the morning gallop, which 

 might be for one and-a-half mile, a one and-a-half mile 

 walk back to stable, and a five mile walk in evening ; 

 this amount should be rarely exceeded, for long continued 

 walking makes horses stale and leg-weary. On days of 

 rest, a five-mile walk in the morning, and a four-mile one 

 in the evening will generally be enough. If a horse be 

 gross, and have at the same time doubtful legs, I would 

 prefer to trust to a mild dose of pl^sie, say, once a 

 month, and a sweat, say once a week, given at a trot 

 and at a walk, alternately, late in the morning, than to 

 long continued walking exercise. 



I have previously pointed out, that the trainer must 

 be guided by the manner a horse scrapes, in deciding 

 as to the advisability of giving him a sweat, for in this 

 preparation, he will not be sent quick enough to try 

 his lungs so as to judge by their condition. During 

 this time, the sweat will gradually lose its greasy feel, 

 though it will still come off pretty thick. On this 

 subject it is impossible to give minute advice, and I must 

 leave the tyro to be guided by his own common sense, 

 and by the general principles on which I have touched. 



Sweating. Before describing the process of sweating 

 a horse, I would beg my readers to remember that the 

 grosser and more unfit a horse is, the slower the pace 

 of the sweat, and the less violent should it be. 



If time be limited, a stout, lusty horse will probably 

 require a sweat once a fortnight, while I would advise 

 it to be given at a much slower pace than is the custom 



