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for fome time : if once a day only, not lefs than an 

 hour and a half; if twice a day, which is the mofl 

 proper, an hour each time. Horfes exercifing 

 Should be always walked a confiderable way ; they 

 then may be gently trotted, and, if intended for 

 hunting, or racing, may be moderately galloped. 

 I am not here giving direftions as to the training for 

 either : I am only fpeaking of exercife as neceflary 

 for health. However a horfe is exercifed, he fhould 

 never be brought home hot, otherwife he frequently 

 contrads ferious indifpolition : this is more parti- 

 cularly hurtful, if, as is frequently the cafe, he is 

 wafhed with cold water, and permitted to dry at 

 leifure : this is always a bad cuflom, for the heat 

 and moiflure encourage a determination of blood 

 to the legs, and occafion fwelling, and often greafe. 

 A horfe, therefore, fhould be brought home after 

 his exercife as cool as poihble, and, if waflicd, he 

 fhould be carefully rubbed dry. Fridion may be 

 confidered as a fpecies of artificial exercife, and as 

 the befl fubftitute ; and whenever, therefore, cir- 

 curaflances prevent exercife, a greater fliare of haud- 

 rubbing fliould be made ufe of. 



EYES, 



The eyes of the horfe, from his artificial manner 

 of living, are more fubjecl to difeafe than thofe of 

 any other animal we are acquainted with. The difr- 



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