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says — " You must be geutle with those colts of 

 yours; as soon as you are all well away, and 

 your colts are settled in their stride, you have- 

 only to take a quiet pull to set them a-going, and 

 persevere with each of them by repeating the 

 pull just as often as you find it is necessary, so 

 as to keep them at their best pace for the whole 

 of the run home ; that is, if you find they can run 

 well on to the finish, but certainly not otherwise; 

 therefore, be careful to bear in mind at what part 

 of the ground, should it so happen, your colts 

 begin to tire or be beat for pace; and be sure 

 you do not for a moment attempt to persevere 

 afterwards with them, by either getting up your 

 ashen plants, or even to kick them with your 

 heels; you must never do this with young ones 

 that are kind in their tempers, and that will run 

 freely on as far as they can of themselves." The 

 groom, in speaking again to a boy that may be 

 on a free flighty colt, says — " Frank, you have 

 good patience, and you must be very quiet with 

 your colt; as soon as he is off, let him make his 

 own run, as early and for as long a length as he 

 likes; you have only to endeavour, by lightly 

 holding him, to keep him together, that is, as 

 much within his stride as you can. If, on ap- 



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