340 ON PLATING RACE-HORSES.. 



engagements for the meeting, which seldom exceeds 

 three days. The groom will not want to do any 

 work with the horse, as his first day's race will keep 

 the length in him. If he requires any thing in the 

 way of exercise, it can only be walking, or at farthest, 

 a short hill gallop, both of which he may accomplish 

 in his plates, without injury to his feet. 



