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without the assistance of physic. The horse being 

 allowed to rest until the inflammation subsides, and the 

 parts having recovered their former tone, he again 

 becomes sound, and from his having lain by for a long 

 time he gets lusty, and when perfectly recovered from the 

 accident, the owner consoles himself by observing that 

 his horse has become fat, and in fine condition. 



This may be all very well with a horse in common 

 use, but it is quite another thing with a race-horse. 

 In the first instance, his engagements will not allow of 

 his being replaced ; and I am fully aware, should any 

 accident happen to a race-horse when in training, near 

 the time of his coming to post, his race must be done 

 away with, and the owner will have to meet his losses 

 accordingly. 



But before I conclude on this subject, I shall (as my 

 readers may expect) point out to them, very minutely, 

 the frequent necessity there is, from accidents and other 

 causes which take place, of pll3^sicking race-horses, and 

 why the physic given to them is so much stronger 

 than is generally given to horses in common use. I 

 have already described the treatment by which a horse 

 of the latter description might be recovered in case of 

 inj ury to one of his fore legs ; and, perhaps, as I have 

 already observed, without the use of physic. But, in 

 order to prove that the same treatment, without physic, 

 would not effect the recovery of the leg of a race- 

 horse in training, which may have met with a similar 

 accident, let us take, by way of example, a very strong 

 craving race-horse ; I mean, such a horse which, if he 



