224 TRAINING YEARLINGS. 



had, will alter very much from the state of con- 

 dition in which they were when they first left 

 their paddocks. There will also be some favour- 

 able changes in the condition of the second and 

 third classes: the muscular system of the bodies of 

 the horses of the three classes will have diminish- 

 ed in weight, more or less, while their legs will 

 have increased in strength; that is, the tendons 

 them will have enlarged, and become strong 

 and well braced, from the action they have 

 had; so that when they arrive in the morning 

 on the downs to exercise, (after allowing them 

 to walk long enough to have become steady, 

 and have emptied themselves), we may venture 

 to send them up their gallops, without much fear 

 of breaking them down. The length of gallops 

 that yearlings may go may be half a mile, a 

 little more or a little less, just according as the 

 groom may observe the length his colts are going 

 in their gallops may affect the constitutional 

 strength and temper of either the one or the 

 other of them. 



Yearlings having been gradually forwarded as 

 I have advised, there will be no danger to be 

 apprehended from their going in their gallops 

 the above lengths, provided the boys are light. 



