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has arrived, as it does to all horses, when the colt must 

 be accustomed to restraint ; and even then a proportionate 

 allowance of exercise allotted to suit his tender age is given 

 — and he is not overworked, whilst he is well cared for. 



Again, as to his being trained, bled, phj^sicked, and 

 sweated, I can vouch for it that his training is little more 

 than gentle exercise until he is old enough to bear work ; 

 and that in a state of health, he is not subjected to bleeding, 

 and that a mild dose of physic is only administered occa- 

 sionally as a preventive of disease, or in illness. 



Having shown, I think, beyond all doubt, that the Professor 

 is wrong in his remarks on the horse, I shall next essay to 

 demonstrate that he is not more happy in his strictures on the 

 manners and customs of those that have to do with him. 



In his statements as to the early hour at which the boys 

 rise, and as to one boy being kept for each horse, it must 

 suffice to say that he is in error, as he is in a general sense in 

 other ways. For as to wasting one pound a day, I have my- 

 self wasted for years, and often reduced myself six pounds in 

 a day, and day after day several pounds. I reduced myself 

 to ride Belissama, at Bath, from lo stone to the required 

 weight, 7 St. 13 lbs. which included the saddle. I have never 

 injured myself by the process, and I do not doubt others have 

 wasted even more with a similarly Innocuous result. 



But the Professor still further commits himself to untenable 

 statements, and does so in a much more reprehensible fashion, 

 when he categorically attacks trainers and jockeys and would 

 brand them with infamy ; as indeed he is inclined to attack 

 all and any who happen to differ with him in opinion. But it 

 is only fair to submit his own words, even though the quota- 

 tion be somewhat lengthy ; for by this method, points will 

 not be brought forward that specially assist my theory. 



