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their proper place. I believe the system above given agrees 

 in substance with that to which most horses are subjected whilst 

 in training, as the art is practised in the present day. It is 

 at all events a system that I have adopted and pursued for 

 many years with almost unqualified success, and therefore 

 I can recommend it with confidence to others as being on 

 the whole the best. It, like all other rules, has its exceptions ; 

 and one of these exceptions it will not be out of place to 

 give, although it must not be understood that in doing so 

 I agree with the principles enunciated. 



Mr. T. Parr, who is undoubtedly an authority and his 

 opinion entitled to all respect, informs me that he uses no 

 artificial lights in his stables even in the depth of winter ; and 

 that both in summer and winter he gives large quantities of 

 hay, of which he thinks horses cannot have too much, whilst 

 on the other hand oats may in his opinion be supplied too 

 plentifully, and consequently he uses them sparingly. 



One consequence of this is that, at certain seasons, the 

 horses in his stable can neither be dressed, watered, nor fed, 

 from about 3 p.m. to 8 a.m. or a little earlier the next morn- 

 ing ; and must in the meantime be not only in a most uncom- 

 fortable state of dirt, but breathing a foetid air that renders 

 them liable to bronchial affections and disease of the lungs, 

 which leave so many roarers ; and to ophthalmia and other 

 disorders of the eye. The times of feeding must be diminished 

 as well as the quantity of the corn given (the most nutritious 

 part of the diet), unless served in very large feeds, which would 

 tend rather to prevent the animals from eating than induce 

 them to eat. The hay too, if given in like unseemly pro- 

 portions, must have a similar nauseating effect on the horses, 

 preventing their touching what they would, if given in smaller 

 feeds, often eat and enjoy. It is clear the animals under his 



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