272 SWEATING CRAVING HORSES. 



alarmed, or nervous, on their sweating days ; 

 they feel apparently conscious, from their having 

 been set over-night or in the morning, that they 

 will shortly have to undergo more than their 

 usual daily exertions, and which they imme- 

 diately shew in various ways. On seeing their 

 sweaters being brought into the stables, just 

 before they are stripped to have them put on, 

 some of the strong craving horses will stretch 

 out either their legs or their carcasses, others 

 empty their intestines or bladders, while some 

 others, as the more delicate ones, may be seen 

 trembling, and some may have a little palpitation 

 of the heart. The first mentioned of these habits, 

 the strong horses should be allowed quietly to 

 perform, after which they soon become recon- 

 ciled. The light, delicate horses do not get rid 

 of their fears so readily as the stronger, they 

 therefore require to be treated in the most kind 

 and gentle manner possible at the time of their 

 sweaters being put on; when they are clothed 

 up, mounted, and ridden out on to the downs, 

 their apprehensions generally go off. 



The training groom will now, on opening the 

 stables in the morning, proceed :ff'\ih the same 



