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time; and he walked away strong and well to 

 the rubbing-house." The groom, still talking on 

 to himself, speaking again of the colt that led 

 the sweat, says, " As he is in such good wind, he 

 cannot be very fat in his inside; as to his being 

 high is of no consequence, for his flesh cannot 

 fatigue him in the short length he has to come; 

 and by the time he has done what is necessary to 

 finish him, he will come out ripe and in good 

 form, at least I do not think, thick and close 

 made as he is, if well ridden, that he can deceive 

 me in running either in his trial or race." 



The above calculations are such as should be 

 made by the groom in his getting ready to run a 

 strong constitutioned colt. Unless such precau- 

 tions as I have noticed are attended to, a groom 

 may be deceived in the trying or running of the 

 above-described colt; and such colt, from not 

 being in a fit state to be tried, may very unde- 

 servedly be considered much too slow to race, in 

 consequence of which he probably may be sold 

 greatly under his value. 



