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large-framed horses should have a good bit of 

 flesh kept on them, they will then bear, occasion- 

 ally, a little brushing along, at intervals, in some 

 portion of their exercise. It is at Newmarket 

 that those long-striding horses are most in use, 

 and the main object to be considered in the train- 

 ing of them here, is to bring them as stout as is 

 necessary to come the short lengths in which 

 they may be engaged to run, and at the same 

 time to preserve their speed as much as possible. 

 In the north of England, and also in country run- 

 ning, horses are engaged for longer lengths than 

 at Newmarket, they are therefore trained to be 

 brought stouter, according to their ages, and the 

 length they have to come in their different races ; 

 and for this last-mentioned sort of running, I 

 prefer horses shorter on their legs, and rather 

 closer made than the horses are that run at 

 Newmarket. 



It is to be observed, that the exercising of race 

 horses is one thing, and the doing of work with 

 them is another. The former is to keep them 

 steady and in health, and the latter, when pro- 

 perly administered, is to bring them clear in their 

 wind, to lighten those that require it of their 

 flesh, and to give tone and substance to the 



