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go along with them^ and finish them at some- 

 thing near a hreathing pace." To the other 

 boys the groom says — " Mind you all keep, your 

 places; do not be losing or gaining ground in 

 going along." 



These orders being given, the groom on his 

 hack is to cross over, or, if the gallop is straight, 

 to go in time to that part of the ground on 

 which the horses have to be pulled up; here 

 he is to wait for the horses to arrive, and, on 

 their being pulled up in front of him, he is nar- 

 rowly to watch their breathing, and observe 

 how soon any one or two of them may blow their 

 noses. Those that can do this in half a minute 

 or a few seconds more (allowing for their struc- 

 ture), after they are pulled up, may be consider- 

 ed as being sufficiently clear in their wind to go 

 through their first gentle sweat ; others, that may 

 not blow their noses for some time longer than 

 the first period mentioned, should not be sweated 

 on the following morning; the better way will 

 be to allow the latter to go on for a few morn- 

 ings more with their gallops at rather a better 

 pace; and on some morning after these horses 

 have been ordered to go at a tolerable fair pace 

 up their gallops, the groom must^ as before, be 



