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the latter portion may be given; to a colt of the 

 second class, it will be best to give the former 

 portion; and, according to the effects the medi- . 

 cine may produce on each colt, so should the 

 interval of time be increased between each dose, 

 from eight to ten days; and, by the same rule, 

 so in proportion should the quantity of aloes be 

 diminished or increased in giving the second 

 dose. A third dose of physic may, no doubt, be 

 requisite for each of the colts in the first class; 

 yet it will be advisable to keep this third dose 

 in reserve, until the groom sees in what manner 

 the work these colts will be put to do will affect 

 their constitutions. We may give a third dose 

 to each of them after their first sweat, or we may 

 give it after their second sweat, or we may not 

 have to give it at all, if the weather keeps open, 

 and the groom is of opinion that the work 

 the colts have begun will, by being gradually 

 continued, bring them in due time sufficiently 

 clear in their wind, and straight and handsome 

 in their carcasses, without either abusing their 

 legs, or reducing too much their muscular system. 

 NoWj on the other hand, should a frost set in 

 early in March, and continue until this month 

 may be nearly or perhaps quite concluded, these 

 colts would then have to go to exercise on the 



