224 TRAINING AND RACING. 



If, after a sweat, a horse refuses his corn, he should 

 get some green food, such as carrots or lucern, during the 

 day, a bran mash at night, and no work next day be- 

 yond walking : his regular gallops should not be com- 

 menced again, -until he has recovered his appetite and 

 spirits. As a general rule, a horse should have no work 

 on the day following a sweat, and for that reason, it is 

 usually given on a Saturday. 



In the case of a lusty horse with doubtful forelegs, it 

 would be dangerous to trust alone to exercise to get him 

 fine enough, or even to sweating in the ordinary way, 

 which, from the extra weight carried, would try his legs 

 too much. Such an one will probably require physic 

 once a month, and a sweat once a fortnight, which may 

 be given at a trot, or by trotting and walking alter- 

 nately, and later than usual in the morning, so that the 

 heat of the sun may aid the wasting process without en- 

 tailing extra work on the legs. Gross horses with infirm 

 forelegs are always the most difficult to bring out, for 

 the heavier they are above, the worse chance will their 

 legs stand ; for this reason, before the trainer can ven- 

 ture to send them fast, he must get off some of the 

 weight. 



It is a matter of importance to have a light weight 

 up, when giving a horse a sweat ; while, in order to 

 obtain proper control, there is no objection to the use of 

 a curb, instead of a snaffle. If a lad much over 8st. 

 aides, the pace should not exceed that of a trot. 



If, at the end of this first preparation, the horse 

 appears at all feverish, or his legs inclined to inflamma- 

 tion from work and high feeding, he should be thrown 



