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affirm, that it is a very simple process, and easily to 

 be accomplished by any one who will attentively con- 

 sider the principles we shall lay down, and not suffer 

 himself to be influenced by an ignorant groom." 



Again the author goes on to state, in the same 

 volume (page 254) — 



" By thus gradually bringing a horse from a state 

 of nature, that is, from the open air and green food 

 to a comfortable stable and dry grain, he will be in 

 little danger of those troublesome diseases which are 

 often the consequence of sudden changes, and a diffe- 

 rent kind of management ; and by duly proportioning 

 his exercise to the nutriment he receives, and by gra- 

 dually bringing the muscular system to that degree of 

 exertion for which the animal is wanted, there is no 

 doubt that his wind, strength and activity, and general 

 condition, will be brought to the highest state of per- 

 fection it is possible of attaining." 



I think these two extracts tend to shew that the 

 author considered himself quite equal to the task of 

 training horses for the turf. In the conclusion of the 

 first extract, he decidedly states this. In the second, 

 he cannot have meant any thing else (for it is to be 

 observed he is writing on the "condition" of horses) 

 when he stated, " the horse will be brought to the 

 highest state of perfection he is capable of attaining ;" 

 and this, I presume, is certainly a state of condition in 

 which a horse should be to race. 



Now, my gentle reader, should you be a tolerable 

 judge of the subject under consideration, proceed 



