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training of horses is like all other ^ human affairs those 

 who think the most will succeed the best. Mental power 

 is as certainly benefited by cultivation as physical power, 

 and one cannot be sustained in full vigor without the aid 

 of the other. As Dr. Johnson remarked, there are only 

 two ways of doing a tlu'ng a right and a wrong way 

 and we will invariably find that the thinking worker will 

 be nearer right, in a majority of cases, than the man whose 

 mind is not in exercise. Training horses for fast work is 

 a science that has been neglected, so that the best of us 

 have only a very trifling insight into its causes and effects, 

 though I believe the day is not distant when the value of 

 scientific knowledge in this branch will be recognized, and, 

 in order to obtain employment, those who make training 

 their business will have to go through a course of study to fit 

 them for performing their duties understandingly. It is 

 true that there are many whose success merits the en- 

 comiums they receive, their industry, application, and 

 energy having mastered the intricacies, without other help 

 than long practice has given them. Yet these exceptions 

 only prove the necessity for a more rigid course of study. 

 Science can never be expected to do -away with practical 

 knowledge, and however much benefit we may derive from 

 its light, it will have to be joined to the art that is acquired 

 alone from daily use. Clinical teachings have been found 

 more effectual than reading, in preparing men to success- 

 fully contend against the encroachments of disease ; yet 

 both combined will not alone entitle the doctor to con- 

 fidence. He must have acquired knowledge by his in- 

 dividual efforts, and without this practice, he is unable to 

 form a correct diagnosis, or pursue a proper treatment. 



That grey fellow, I see, is ready for you to jump behind 

 him and drive him leisurely twice round the track. Jle 

 has rather a singular gait when going slow, as if he had 

 rot the free use of his Hmbs ; this will wear off as he gets 



