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stripped of what is commonly called " their waste 

 and spare." These young ones run but short 

 lengths, and, although they may be a little lusty, 

 their flesh is not likely to fatigue them before 

 their race is over, (provided they are in good 

 wind), at least not those colts of the second and 

 third class. 



The second class colts will not take more than 

 four weeks to get them ready to run; the first 

 week of the four they should be getting ready 

 for their first sweat, much in the same way as 

 I have described should be done with the colts 

 of the first class, only allowing for the delicacy 

 of the former, by merely letting them have such 

 walking exercise as will give them an appetite 

 for their food, and such galloping exercise as 

 will steady them, and also bring them pretty 

 clear in their wind. 



The third class of colts will for the present 

 require little more than walking exercise. 



Let us suppose the twelve yearlings I have 

 been writing about to have actually been thus far 

 forwarded in their training; those of the first 

 class, from the exercise and physic they have 



