CHAPTER XIV. 



TEACHING YEARLINGS. 



In the last Chapter of my first Volume, I have 

 described the manner in which colts or fillies are 

 to be broken, either as yearlings or two-year olds, 

 and I have there made my remarks on the early 

 and temporary trials of yearlings made by breed- 

 ers, for the purpose of ascertaining how to value 

 their different colts and fillies, according to the 

 good or bad qualities each may possess. For 

 the same purpose some noblemen and gentlemen 

 have also been induced to put their yearlings 

 into regular training, that they may ascertain 

 whether it will be worth the expense of keeping 

 them on or not. 



It will require eight or twelve months, from 

 the time of the young ones leaving their pad- 



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