140 ON PHYSIC. 



effects, the better way will be for the groom to decline 

 running for a single meeting ; and if he makes his 

 mind up to this, the sooner he travels off with his 

 horse the better, to the place where the meeting may 

 be held at which he intends his horse to run. That is 

 the proper place to refresh the horse; and the best 

 loose stable that can be had there should be prepared 

 for him, if not on the ground, as near to it as possible. 

 Now, after the horse arrives at his destination, — whe- 

 ther the groom will give him a gentle sweat, with a 

 view to keep the length in him, and immediately after- 

 wards give him a dose of physic, — or whether the 

 sweat will be dispensed with, and a couple of doses of 

 physic be administered, and the horse afterwards got 

 ready, (which would, in fact, be a brief sort of second 

 preparation), — must depend entirely on the time al- 

 lowed, and the horse's work must of course be stopped 

 for a certain period ; but this matter will be more fully 

 explained when I am on the subject of training, and 

 travelling country plate horses. 



I shall now proceed to point out the different ways 

 of preparing the bodies of strong constitutioned horses, 

 prior to giving them physic. I shall also speak of the 

 effects of the medicine on their constitutions ; and by 

 what means such horses become refreshed from its use ; 

 and although I may recommend strong physic to be 

 given to some few of them, yet I beg leave to observe, 

 that I am by no means an advocate for giving strong 

 physic generally. Nor do I approve of the practice 

 of giving dose after dose to some lusty horses before. 



