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would go more quietly at a three-minute clip than when 

 driven slower. I have sweated him every week, and in- 

 creased his feed to tweve quarts of the mixed hominy and 

 oats. The last week I have made his brushes longer, and 

 he has given me very little trouble breaking, always re- 

 covering the trot of his own accord. In his sweats, I have 

 used less clothing, and driven him faster than any of the 

 others. I confined the wrappings in the last one from the 

 loins forward, as I thought his quarters did not need 

 further reduction. 



PEECEPTOE. That his work has been proper his looks 

 testify, and I find that I was right in predicting that he 

 would be got into condition very easily. His form and 

 everything pertaining to his " make-up " are so favorable 

 for speed, that whatever is detrimental is easy of removal. 

 You were right in not covering his loins and quarters, and 

 I am of the opinion that hereafter his neck and belly will 

 only need clothing, the other portions of his body getting 

 into order without the aid of clothes. 



PUPIL. Never Mind I have also sweated three times 

 since you were here, and I have been increasing his work, 

 not so much as the Falcon, yet, I am afraid, a little more 

 than was advisable. I have walked him the day after 

 each sweat, and on the following day allowed him to brush 

 from three to five hundred yards, occasionally repeating 

 it. The morning before sweating, I have also "moved 

 him," and in the last week I permitted him to go a forty 

 gait once round the track. He was getting a little nervous 

 and flighty, and I thought an increase of work might 

 sober him without being otherwise prejudicial. 



PEECEPTOR. Being convinced of an error is the surest 

 sign of amendment. His nervousness and flighty demean- 

 or were, no doubt, occasioned by the exercise being more 

 than was proper, and you fell into the very common mis- 

 take of attributing it to want of work. He had become 



