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have to go in clothes ; and even then, should the morn- 

 ing be cool, the horse would most likely sweat but 

 little. He would, consequently, be but triflingly 

 lightened of his flesh. This is not the only inconve- 

 nience ; the length and pace being so often got into 

 him, perhaps on hard ground, his legs and feet, from 

 the weight of his body, together with that of his rider, 

 would soon become so seriously injured as to occasion 

 his work being stopped. Nor could physic be given 

 to such a horse often enough, to assist in lightening 

 him of his flesh, without too much debilitating his 

 constitution. In short, such a horse as I have here 

 described, could not be brought into racing form v\dth- 

 out the use of clothes. There are some very light 

 delicate horses which may be trained without either 

 physic or clothes. These are such as are naturally 

 light in themselves, are of good speed, and seldom 

 engaged but in short distances. 



As well as describing the clothes which are used for 

 the purpose of training race horses, I shall also give a 

 brief description how every other article in the saddlery 

 line, which may be in use either in the stables or about 

 the horses, should be made. For unless a saddler is 

 constantly in the habit of working for a race-horse 

 stable, he would not know how to make many of the 

 things which training grooms have to make use of in 

 the practice of their profession. 



The clothes used for race-horses when in training, 

 are in different suits. They are made of different 

 kinds of stuff, are divided into different parts, and are 



