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required by an older horse: therefore the sweats should not 

 be so frequent or so severe. Should he show symptoms of 

 his wind not being clear, we would have to increase the 

 sweats, not in severity, but by giving them oftener; and as 

 soon as we found that the respiratory organs were not 

 impeded, it would be evident that we had gone far enough, 

 if even he did look too lusty. We should season the flesh 

 on him with exercise without clothing, and there would be 

 very little danger of legweariness when the lungs performed 

 their part of the labor aright. Should he prove deficient 

 in endurance, there would not be any benefit derived from 

 trying to work him enough to remedy this defect, and it 

 would be better to wait, hoping that another year 01 

 two's growth, would make him stouter, than to run the 

 risk of doing permanent injury. A colt must have con- 

 dition, though it is acquired with less fast work than is 

 generally thought necessary. 



The little beauty Delle is going to make a trotter as 

 sure as you wait for her. " Time and patience " are what 

 make the trotter of the most promising, and very few 

 arrive at a fast gait till they have been subjected to care- 

 ful, long-continued handling. Oriole is also doing well, 

 and as she learns to bend her knees, she improves in other 

 respects. I have not seen you drive May yet. 



PUPIL. I have promoted May into the fast division, and 

 work her with the trotters in the morning. To-morrow I 

 think I will convince you she rightfully belongs to that 

 class. 



