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able to nm. Those rules, in some few instances, 

 certainly stand good up to the present day, as 

 horses cannot run very long lengths if they are 

 very fat, but more particularly if they are 

 too fat in their insides, and which may be 

 known by the difficulty of their breathing, after 

 having been much exerted. But, if a horse is 

 clear and well in his wind, he is not very 

 likely to be too fat in his inside; and if he 

 has done the necessary lengths in his gallops 

 and sweats at the pace he ought to do them ac- 

 cording to the length he has to run, I should not 

 mind his being high in flesh, or appearing fat on 

 the surface of his body, provided the length he 

 had to run did not exceed a mile and a half; that 

 is, if the horse we are now alluding to is not more 

 than three years old. I believe there is no state 

 or habit of body a horse can be in, that renders 

 his constitution so susceptible of a dangerous dis- 

 ease, as that of his being very fat and full of 

 juices; and as horses on their first coming into 

 training are somewhat approaching to this state, 

 the greatest care must be taken not to hurry 

 them in their work, and more particularly young 

 ones; for, as they run but short lengths, it is not 

 necessary to draw them fine. Neither should large 

 long-striding horses be drawn too fine ; such tall. 



