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on green food for a couple of days or more. His legs 

 nd feet may, with advantage, be fomented after run- 

 ning. 



Race-horses travelling by rail It may not be out 

 of place for rne here to remark that when race-horses 

 are taken by rail, during the cold weather, their tails 

 (when they are in the horse-boxes) should be pointed to- 

 wards the engine, so as to obviate, as much as possible, 

 the chance of their catching cold. 



