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They must have condition, as when tired there is a greater 

 falling off in their speed than there is in the short stepper. 



You had better get into the wagon and jog Jane slowly 

 a couple of miles before you bring her to the barn. As to 

 her future work, I see no reason for making any other 

 changes than that of requiring her to go, once or twice a 

 week, as fast as she is capable of. The brushes will have 

 to be lengthened as you progress in her training, and you 

 will be the best judge of how much slow work she will 

 need. I think in her sweats it will be well enough only 

 to wrap her neck and chest. When the inside fat is ab- 

 sorbed, and the action of her heart and lungs is satisfac- 

 tory, it will be needless to reduce her further. When her 

 temper becomes traiiquilized, so that we can rely on her 

 performing in a race as well as she does in her exercise, it 

 will certainly take a very good horse to beat her. For 

 should she come well in hand to the entrance of the home 

 stretch, a length or two behind most horses, she would 

 make it very hot for them from that point to the stand. 

 While you are jogging Never Mind, I will watch Clipper 

 walking, and give his legs a close examination. 



PUPIL. Never Mind is much pleased with the soft track, 

 and I could not detect any soreness in the foot. I drove 

 him five miles, thinking that distance, on the mellow 

 ground, was enough. 



PBECEPTOK. That was sufficient. You can now harness 

 the grey, and, as I am anxious to see him move, you can 

 give him a short brush, just long enough to show me his 

 manner of going. I am very much afraid he will have to 

 be laid up, as his legs have not the appearance I would 

 like to see, and it will be better policy to stop his work 

 than to endanger spoiling them entirely. I am satisfied 

 that the iron, accompanied with proper care the ensuing 

 winter, will result in a permanent cure. The next two or 

 three weeks will be apt to show whether his legs will 



