PHYSICKING YEARLINGS. 2 1 7 



properly enough laid by to indulge, and from 

 which they will have become very hearty, and 

 have them walked out and lunged for a few days, ^/ 

 so as to steady them a little before they are again 

 mounted ; or, as some of the horses in the stables, 

 of different ages, will have to come out to run 

 early in the spring, these will by this time have 

 begun their sweats, and on any mornings they 

 are going to sweat, the colts I am just alluding 

 to may go out at the same time with them, and 

 may be walked about and lunged a little; and 

 when the horses that have been sweating are 

 scraped and done, their sweaters may be rolled 

 up, and put securely on the colts' saddles, to be 

 carried home to the stables ; when, if the groom 

 thinks it necessary, he may order the cavessons 

 to be taken off the colts, their mouthing-bits to 

 be put on, and let them stand beared up on the 

 pillar reins for half an hour; their things may 

 then be taken off, and they may be dressed and 

 shut up with the other horses. This is not a bad 

 way of steadying some colts, that may be more 

 hearty or fractious than others. From the above 

 precautions having been taken, our colts and fil- 

 lies are become quiet, and ride now much as they 

 did when we left them in December. 



