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CHAPTER XXIII. 



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Pedigree copied from an advertisement. The importance of the weather in 

 training operations. A "green horse." Pleasure and disappointment. Train- 

 er wrongfully blamed. Jealousy. The work the day after the sweat. Signs 

 showing that the sweating was not overdone. Directions for driving the Fal- 

 con and Jane. Precepts to be enforced in breaking horses. Mental power. 

 Clipper. Firing. Percival's remarks on firing. May's performance in new 

 shoes. Changing the ground surface of horse's feet. Directions how to pro- 

 ceed with the horses for the ensuing three weeks' work. Sweating, feed, 

 bandages, rattles, &c ...................................................... 329 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Day-dreams. Scotch character. An old nurse. The food of horses in training. 

 Hay. Corn blades. Straw. The best hay. How to determine it. The time 

 to cut. Mowburnt hay. Corn blades, their advantages, and how to feed 

 them. Effect of diet on the respiratory organs. Lord H. Seymour's stable in 

 France. The uses of straw as food, when training. Prairie hay. Prairie on 

 fire. Immunity from heaves in horses that are fed on prairie hay. Objections 

 to it. Thick and thin seeding. Table of relative value of different kinds of 

 food. Stemming corn-blades. Pulling hay. Time for feeding hay. "Crav- 

 ing" and delicate horses. Oats. Proportion of carbon and nitrogen in oats. 

 Light and heavy oats. The qualities they should have, and how to test them. 

 Corn. Bran. Lindseed-meal. Oat-meal. Sago. Sago when horses are 

 "baked." Number of feeds in a day. Time of giving them. Green food. 

 The benefits of it to horses in train. Cutting grass, and grazing. New way to 

 give horses excercise. -Watering horses after driving. Directions for driving 

 Never Mind .............................................................. 344 



CHAPTER XXV. 



Letter from Chicago. Pupil recounts the work he has given the horses in the 

 absence of the Preceptor. Driving when the rattles are worn. Knee action 

 increased by driving on sandy roads. Effects of snow on colts. Allonging. 

 Sherry wine between heats. When it should be given. Water. Rain, river, 

 and spring water. Danger of change of water. Airing. Temperature. 

 Acidulating. Light feeders to be encouraged to drink. The amount to be 

 given. Frequency of watering. Gruel. Sponging mouth and nostrils: The 

 difference in sweating the Falcon, and Never Mind. Sweating Jane. Instruc- 

 tions for driving. The work for the next two weeks. Minute directions for 

 the management for that period. Capacity of swallowing .................... 363 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



Cutting the quarters. How to dress the wound. Horses should not go out too 

 early in the morning. Preceptor examines the Falcon. Remarks on his condi- 

 tion. How to judge of a horse being in order. The appearance of horses 

 whon in condition. Pupil gives a history of the work the horses have had for 

 the past three weeks. Preceptor's comments. Errors in Pupil's management 

 of Never Mind. The benefit of trotting horses in races to further their condi- 



