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common expression of the stables, they will 

 scarcely blow a candle out after being pulled up 

 from a gallop. But hearty horses, and those of 

 still stronger constitutions, if short of work, can- 

 not be in good wind; and were such horses call- 

 ed upon to go for any thing like a length, at a 

 breathing pace, they would soon be obliged to 

 slacken ; or, if from bad judgment they should be 

 persevered with to go on, they would soon stop 

 of themselves, when they would shew marked 

 symptoms of distress; instead of blowing strong 

 and clear, they would stand panting with extreme 

 difficulty, and be a long time before they would 

 sufficiently recover themselves to blow their noses ; 

 for horses, unless in the act of coughing, never 

 breathe through their mouths. 



When a horse has been pulled up from his 

 gallop or sweat, and is heard to blow his nose, 

 or snort with his nostrils, it is commonly supposed 

 that the horse is sneezing; this we shall not 

 dispute ; but, in the language of the stable, it is 

 termed '* a horse blowing his nose," on being 

 pulled up from either of the exercises we have 

 mentioned; and it denotes that his lungs have 

 recovered from the effi3rts they may have just un- 

 dergone, to their usual or natural tranquil state 



