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this sort of exercise, as it is not at all an un- 

 common occurrence for gallops to produce much 

 more severe effects on some horses than even 

 long slow sweats would produce on others. It 

 must, therefore, be ascertained what sort of exer- 

 cise is best likely to suit each horse, or class 

 of horses. The pace and length horses may go 

 in their gallops may very well be regulated by 

 their eyes and constitutions, and the state of their 

 condition; yet these are not the whole of the 

 criterions by which the groom is to form his 

 judgment : he is attentively to look at and ex- 

 amine his horses when they are stripped and being 

 dressed ; and if he should observe any horse 

 drawing suddenly fine (losing flesh), or if he per- 

 ceives that any horse has become alarmed at this 

 sort of exercise, the daily repetition of his gal- 

 lops should immediately be discontinued, and a 

 different manner of treating him adopted ; walk- 

 ing exercise should be substituted for that of 

 galloping, and should be continued until he has 

 again put up flesh, and become reconciled in his 

 temper. When that he is again put to go up a 

 gallop, he should go by himself, for the length 

 that suits him, or, if his disposition will allow 

 of its being done, he may follow the horses, 

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