174 FEEDING HORSES IN TRAINING. 



to be evacuated. By the chyle thus formed from 

 the nutritious parts of the food, nature is recruit- 

 ed and refreshed, or, in other words, the waste of 

 blood is supplied. I will just here remark, that 

 this last-mentioned fluid is propelled through all 

 parts of the body for the growth and support 

 of animal life, and from which all secretions 

 are supplied. 



At a large public training establishment, it 

 will scarcely be possible for a training groom 

 himself to look minutely into every little indi- 

 vidual circumstance relative to the training of 

 a very considerable number of horses. If a 

 groom has not more than ten or a dozen horses 

 under his care, he may, by strict attention, and 

 the assistance of a steady head lad, and a suf- 

 ficient number of good riding boys, get on well 

 enough. But, if a training establishment should 

 consist of more horses than above mentioned, as 

 for example, from twenty to thirty, or perhaps 

 even more, the business of so large an establish- 

 ment must necessarily be divided; therefore, in 

 proportion to the number of horses to be trained, 

 so must the groom augment the number of per- 

 sons he may want to assist him. He is himself 



