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in waiting, within about a distance of where 

 tliey pull up, SO that he may see how they all 

 finish their sweats, in passing him. If they 

 pull up sound, blow their noses in good time, 

 andwalk well away to the rubbing-house, they 

 will do; provided the little there is to be done 

 with them afterwards is properly attended to, 

 until they come out to run; and, as their race, 

 like all of their year, is but a short one, (see 

 the Racing Calendar), they cannot well come out 

 too high in flesh, provided they are clear in their 

 wind. 



Now, with regard to the sweating of the third 

 class yearlings, a very little of this sort of thing 

 goes a great way, even with the best of them; 

 one or two of them may occasionally have to go 

 over the sweating ground with a view to bring 

 them somewhat stout for the little length they 

 have to come. But, as there is nothing to be 

 taken off the muscular surface of these colts, 

 and as they are light in their carcasses, they are 

 almost invariably in good wind. They should 

 therefore go over the sweating ground lightly 

 clothed, or, if the morning is warm, they may go 

 over it stripped. They may go in company with 

 each other, or singly, whichever may best suit 

 their tempers. Some colts of this class are so 



