162 GALLOPING EXERCISE. 



pace of hacks and chargers. The slow pace is 

 mostly had recourse to, when the horses have 

 done the stronger part of their work, as in the 

 mornings after they have been watered. On an 

 hot summer's evening, the orders given by the 

 groom to the boy who leads the gallop, should 

 be — '' Tom, do not hurry them this evening, or 

 we shall have some of them breaking out in a 

 sweat." If the evening is cold, the groom's or- 

 ders are to be reversed, by saying to the boy 

 who leads — " Just go fast enough with them to 

 keep them warm." 



Having noticed the slowest pace horses have 

 to go in their gallops, we will now rate them at a 

 little faster pace, which is termed half speed ; 

 this pace is generally had recourse to by way of 

 moderate exercise, that is to say, it does not 

 come under the denomination of horses doing 

 work. This pace is proper for horses on the 

 morning following the day on which they may 

 have sweated, that is, if the groom is of opinion 

 that any of them have been a little over-marked 

 m their sweats, perhaps from the horse that led 

 the sweat breaking away with the boy, and com- 

 ing too fast for some of the other horses ; or it 

 may be adopted when stronger gallops do not 

 suit them so well as slow frequent sweats. 



