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his legs prone to inflammation. Pursuing the system I 

 have already described, the horse will be put, without 

 loss of time, into slow work, which may be increased up 

 to a little beyond half speed by the time half the period 

 allowed for training has elapsed. If the horse is well, 

 and his legs fine and cool, no more medicine need be 

 given, and the work can be continued as I have shown 

 in the second preparation. But if the horse's system 

 appear at all out of sorts, or his legs inclined to fill, an 

 alterative or physic ball as the case may require 

 should be given ; and three or four days after the medi- 

 cine has " set, " work may be re-commenced. 



It will be a great assistance to an amateur unaccus- 

 tomed to training to keep a diary in which to enter the 

 distance and speed of the work done, and the amount of 

 corn eaten, every day by each horse, with any remarks 

 on their condition, &c., he may wish to note. 



I have already gone fully into the subject of food, so 

 shall not again notice it further than by saying that, in 

 training, a horse's corn should be gradually increased up 

 to the last two months, during which time he should 

 have his full allowance, namely, as much as he can eat. 

 If a horse's digestion gets upset by too much corn, it 

 should be diminished, while a bran mash may be given 

 for a couple of nights, and some green meat, such as 

 carrots or lucern, substituted for a part of the corn. 



The amateur trainer will do well to study the marks 

 of good condition in the horse, and until by practice he 

 is able to recognise them, he need not hope for much 

 success in his efforts ; for to train well one must have an 

 educated eye to detect the minute gradations of coiidi- 



