178 FEEDING HORSES IN TRAINING. 



arising, should any of them go off their food 

 at the time of their being in strong work. 



But to return to the feeding of them during 

 the time of their being in training. Now, whe- 

 ther an establishment for the training of horses 

 is on a small scale, and the horses are fed by^ie 

 training groom himself, or whether the establish- 

 ment be on a large scale, and the horses fed b^ 

 an assistant, the greatest care must be taken in 

 the feeding of every description of horse, agree- 

 ably to his constitution, and to add or diminish 

 to each horse's feed of corn according as each 

 may be inclined to feed. Horses that feed more 

 voraciously than others, not only put up flesh 

 quicker, but they put up more, in proportion to 

 their height, than those that are larger, and that 

 feed and drink less sparingly. Such are the na- 

 tural effects observed to take place as the size 

 and structure of different horses may vary ; and 

 however much flesh any of them may put up, 

 they must all be well fed. Most of the light 

 flighty horses are but indifferent feeders ; the 

 principal object to be attended to in the feeding 

 of these, is to feed them in small quantities, 

 as a dishful (a double handful) at each feed, gra- 

 dually increasing their different feeds, until it is 



