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as he is going along on his hack to the ground 

 with the colts, the groom cautions the boys, first, 

 by telling them what he wants done with the' 

 colts, and then bids them be steady, and mind 

 and attend to what will presently be said to 

 them by the head lad. The head ]ad, on arriving 

 at the ground, should say to the boys, as they are 

 approaching the gallop — '' Keep fast your colts' 

 heads, and follow me." When he sees that the 

 colts are off and settled in their stride, he again 

 says to them — " Come gradually on with your 

 colts until you are nearly head and girth with 

 my colt, parallel with my colt ; but mind that you 

 keep your colts sufficiently wide apart, so that 

 they may have no inclination to fly at each other." 

 By the time the colts have got in their places on 

 the gallop, as we have here described, they will 

 have arrived within a quarter of a mile of the end 

 of it. The lad, seeing them go on as they ought, 

 should again speak to the boys, and tell them to 

 take a steady pull at their colts, and direct them 

 at the same time to finish the gallop at a little 

 faster pace ; but to be careful not to pass him if 

 they can avoid it. On their having made this 

 little run together, they are to be pulled up as 

 nearly as possible in a line with each other. 

 They should now be let stand to blow their 



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