238 SWEATING YEARLINGS. 



very delicate and irritable that they never re- 

 quire to he taken over the above-mentioned 

 ground during the whole time of their being 

 in training. 



I shall not here make mention of the fur- 

 ther treatment necessary to finish the training 

 of each of these classes of colts, as the different 

 brushing gallops they are to have given them 

 from their last sweating day up to the third or 

 second day before they run. Nor shall I notice 

 the setting them the night before their race, 

 nor the putting on their plates, or plaiting of 

 their manes, on the morning before they have to 

 come to post. Those matters will be fully explain- 

 ed in different chapters, when we are describing 

 the training of the horses of different ages; 

 for the same rule stands good in the finishing of 

 yearlings, (only allowing that they are yearlings), 

 from their last sweat to the day of their race, 

 as in finishing the horses of all ages from their 

 last sweat to the day of their race. We 

 will consequently consider the whole of the 

 former as being ready to come out to be tried, 

 and which will be the subject of the two next 

 chapters. 



