PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. 47 



muscles of their bodies and tendons of their legs ; 

 such are the advantages of proper exercise and 

 work for horses in training. Most of them will 

 more or less draw fine in training, depending on 

 the work they may be doing, and this in the me- 

 dium is what we want, provided that they are 

 hearty, and that they go cheerful to their work, 

 that their legs are cool and in shape, and that 

 they feed and drink well. We mean by the above 

 observations, that all horses in training should 

 enjoy both their food and their work; if they are 

 over-marked, as has already been observed, at 

 either the one or the other, they will not come 

 out to run in their best form. 



By the word " form," as it regards the race 

 horse, is meant that the animal has been brought 

 by training into a fit state to perform or continue 

 his best exertions, as they may be occasionally 

 required of him, when he is running in company 

 with other horses; and in this state he is able to 

 continue those exertions with comparative ease 

 to himself, and without endangering his constitu- 

 tion, that is, if he is not unfairly over-matched 

 in any of his engagements, as by putting too much 

 weight on him, and engaging him to run long 

 lengths, to which he may not be equal. 



