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number of go-downs a horse makes in emptying 

 a bucket is ascertained by the groom, he may 

 easily regulate the quantity to be taken at the. 

 troughs or a pond, by ordering the boys to allow 

 the horses to take such a number of go-downs as 

 is sufficient for them. The measuring of the wa- 

 ter of gluttonous horses is highly necessary, for, 

 as horses differ in size, so do most of them differ 

 more or less as to the capacity of their swallows. 

 Some horses, when thirsty, will drink three gal- 

 lons of water in forty or forty-five go-downs, 

 other horses in fifty, others in sixty. I have 

 known some make eighty go-downs in emptying 

 a bucket of three gallons ; and, unless we know 

 pretty nearly the quantity of water that those 

 craving horses take in a certain number of swal- 

 lows, we cannot bye-and-bye set them for their 

 sweats, trials, and races, with that degree of 

 nicety it will be requisite we should do. 



As the gluttonous horses in training are mostly 

 in strong work, they must occasionally be stinted 

 of their water ; yet this must be done judiciously; 

 for, if they are allowed to drink large quantities of 

 water, their bowels will become too much relax- 

 ed, and, instead of their being moderately straight 



