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be bad, or even indifferent, he may, under such circum- 

 stances, give beans to craving horses as well as to 

 others, with a view to keep them to their mark ; but 

 strong constitutioned horses only require them on such 

 occasions. 



Very light delicate horses are mostly pretty clear in 

 their wind, but are generally very irritable in their 

 constitutions. Their bowels are almost constantly in a 

 relaxed state, and whenever they are alarmed, they are 

 much in the habit of what is termed " throwing off 

 their meat." Beans being mixed with oats for such 

 horses, as well to nourish them as by way of change, 

 are at all times absolutely necessary, as there is not 

 much danger of their becoming constipated in their 

 bowels. Beans may be given more liberally to these 

 horses than to any other, their digestive organs being 

 always found adequate to perform the office of digesting 

 the small portion of food taken into the stomach, at 

 each time of being fed. Indeed, such light delicate 

 horses as I am now alluding to, may eat and drink as 

 much as they like, and of what they like that is whole- 

 some, and will afford them nourishment ; for if by the 

 means of nourishing food thej^ can be got to put up a 

 little extra flesh, the groom may now and then steal an 

 additional gallop into them, or let them come a little 

 longer length in one, which would be the means of 

 bringing them a little stouter, and thereby enable them 

 to come the length they have to run, with rather more 

 ease to themselves. If so, they will be the less alarmed 

 when pulled up after their race. Horses which eat 



