DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. 1 1.*? 



extreme the first-mentioned class of horses do, 

 but being, as many of them mostly are, very 

 liearty, they are often inclined to gambol and 

 play about when in the string, at walking exer- 

 cise ; and although they should be fresh and 

 happy in themselves at this season of the year, 

 yet they should not be allowed to repeat their 

 gambols too often, or some of them will become 

 tricky, and perhaps, as I have before noticed, 

 throw the boys. Therefore, when walking exer- 

 cise is not found sufficient to steady those of 

 them that are so very playfully inclined, recourse 

 must be had occasionally to giving them long 

 steady gallops. 



The third class of horses are the delicate and 

 flighty — many of them become alarmed at the 

 most trifling causes; these the groom had better 

 send to some quiet part of the downs, and there 

 let them be exercised singly. The sort of exer- 

 cise these horses require is principally that of 

 walking. Now the groom must bear in mind, 

 that, by this exercise, there are two points he is 

 to endeavour to obtain in favour of these horses 

 — one is, to steady them and give them con- 

 fidence in themselves ; the other, to give them 

 an appetite for their food, as well as to induce 



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