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what he is about. Formal galloping on a made 

 course Is, as a rule, undesirable except occa- 

 sionally, and when once a horse has been 

 thoroughly schooled over jumps and knows 

 his business he can't have too little of It. 

 Walking exercise Is necessary, and this must 

 be given somehow for at least two hours a day. 

 In his gallops a horse should never go quite 

 his best pace nor should he cover the entire 

 distance he Is Intended to go. Most amateur 

 trainers give far too much work ; they are for 

 ever galloping horses and are often uncon- 

 sciously^ as hard on their stomachs as on their 

 legs. Every horse has a certain quantity of 

 food he can digest, and It Is no use giving him 

 any more. You may upset his digestion and 

 very likely make him a bad feeder. I had a 

 capital mare that won several races, but by 

 overfeeding her I made her so delicate a feeder 

 that she would hardly eat a quartern of oats a 

 day at last, and trained as light as a greyhound. 

 When out of training and put to hunting she 

 gradually recovered and grew quite fat. I am 

 a oreat believer In olvlnor horses soft food one 

 day a week, and for all horses In hard work I 

 give now the usual early morning feed on 

 Sunday and the rest of the day bran and 

 linseed mashes. I have always found that 

 horses so treated feed better and come out 



