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accident, and injured one of his legs, which injury 

 may occasion such horse to be laid by for its recovery. 

 I have also spoken of the manner in which race-horses 

 in two different states of condition were physicked by 

 grooms in the autumn ; the first, being light and stale ; 

 the last mentioned, young, fresh, and lusty. But as 

 at this season of the year, plenty of time can be allowed 

 them to be on mashes, so as sufficiently to relax their 

 bowels, a less quantity of aloes will answer the purpose 

 of purging them. There is, therefore, not much 

 difficulty or danger to be apprehended in physicking 

 these horses. Those which I have made mention 

 of as being stale ones, should be put into large loose 

 places ; the young ones should be taken into the train- 

 ing stables : and in a future chapter I shall state the 

 manner in which they are repeatedly to be treated 

 during the winter. 



