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I will now, by way of example, and also 

 with a view to bring the subject more clearly 

 before my readers, lay down the treatment to 

 be adopted, supposing the whole of the stables 

 to be opened and occupied by any reasonable 

 number of horses and mares, say twenty for 

 example, of different ages and constitutions, and 

 at the different periods as they arrive home, 

 let us say by the 1st of October. We will 

 place them in such stables or loose houses as 

 may be most proper for them; for it is to be 

 understood, that all home racing establishments 

 have or at least should have every conveniency 

 for every description of horse. (See Vol. I, 

 Chapter 1st, on Stables.) It is also to be under- 

 stood, that the training groom who undertakes 

 the charge of a large racing establishment, 

 must be a downright good judge of his pro- 

 fession. For a description of each person's pe- 

 culiar department in a race horse stable, I 

 recommend to my readers a perusal of the fol- 

 lowing chapters in the first volume, viz. 13, 16, 

 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21. According to the num- 

 ber of horses the trainer has under his care, he 

 will engage such requisite assistance as may be 

 wanted, so that his orders may be properly carried 

 into effect — as a steady man, or a couple of very 



