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all benefited by judicious sweating. Expansion of the chest. Intercostal 

 muscles. Modifications of sweating. Injury to the lungs permanent. Fat, 

 where deposited. Change in the muscles from work. Roman bath. Increase 

 in the size of the muscles as the fat is wasted. The local effects of sweat- 

 ing. Illustrations. Benefit of a well shaped neck. Strain of the loin. In- 

 terval between the sweats. "Drawing" a horse. Long and short races. 

 Seasoning. Effects of scoring. Inducing perspiration between heats. How 

 to induce perspiration. Manner of clothing. A race where the favorite was 

 beaten, probably owing to suppressed perspiration 256 



CHAPTER XX. 



An adventure in St. Louis Intricacies of sweating. Decarbonization of the 

 blood through the pores of the skin. Purifying the skin. Constant grooming 

 produces soreness. Dandruff. The effects of sweating on the skin. The 

 veins of the thoroughbred prominent and large. Insensible perspiration. 

 Black Maria. Mr. Stevens' training stable. Advantages of scales to weigh 

 horses after the sweats. Haney's Maria. Improvement in tracks, ho'rses, and 

 training. Difference between sweating colts and old horses. Not so necessary 

 to reduce colts. Mash previous to sweating. How to make it. Remarks on 

 driving and shoeing May-day. Directions for feeding Never Mind the night 

 before the sweat 280 



CHAPTER XXI. 



The morning of the sweat. Temperature. The management when postponed. 

 Muzzling. Bedding. Other material than straw. Advantages of sand. 

 "Wallowing bed.' 1 Never Mind's walk. The preparation. How he was 

 clothed. Guards against injuring himself. How to prepare the drink. The 

 work he received. Management in the stable. Inducing a free flow of 

 perspiration. How to prolong it, and when to stop. Scraping and rubbing. 

 Adjustment of the clothes. Restriction in his drink, and the reasons for it. 

 The walk after the sweat. His appearance, final care, and how to feed. 

 Reasons for putting additional clothing on, when first brought into the stable. 

 The manner of sweating will vary as the preparation proceeds. Driving Jane. 

 Breeding trotters. The teachings of the past. Messenger. George Wilkes, 

 Dexter, and* General Butler. The Pilot family. Andrew Jackson. Jupiter. 

 Rysdyk's Hainbletonian. Tabular pedigree. His in-breeding. Hambletonian's 

 Andrew Jackson and One Eye. Crosses of Messenger in the Falcon. The 

 Hamblefconian, and American Star cross. Cassius M. Clay. Geo. M. Patchen. 

 Wm. T. Porter's description of Abdallah. Mr. Morris' certificate of the 

 blood of Mambrino. Ariel, her exploits. Tabular pedigree showing her in- 

 breeding to Messenger 294 



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Danger of smoking in the stable. Care of Never Mind. Loose boxes and stalls. 

 Horses should not be disturbed. Injury to the elbow while lying dovn. 

 Remedies. Charles Lamb. Quotation from the Turf Register about Mes- 

 senger. Partial history of him. Dissemination of blood in the North-east. 

 Trotters of the olden time Paul Pry. Further consideration of the Mes- 

 senger blood. Goldsmith mare. Major Winfield. Squire Bingham. Sir 

 Archy. Planet. Bonnie Scotland. Horse Heraldry 319 



