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clapping him on the neck and foncUing him, re- 

 move his fears. This is so very important a point 

 to gain, that no trouble should be thought too 

 much to produce a good temper in a light, de- 

 licate race horse. 



We now come to the sweating of the horses 

 of the second class, which we have termed 

 the hearty ones. The sweating of them will also 

 depend upon their constitutions. Some of them 

 may require to sweat once a week, others once 

 in eight days, and others once in nine; and it 

 may occasionally be necessary to deviate from 

 these periods, depending entirely on the effects 

 produced upon them by their sweats. Some of 

 them, that are more delicate than others, may not 

 require more than four or five sweats during the 

 whole time they are in training, while others 

 may have eight, nine, or ten sweats within the 

 same period. 



As few horses of this class will bear being 

 drawn fine, that is, having their muscular surface 

 much reduced, and more particularly those of 

 them that are young, as the two and three year 

 olds, it becomes highly necessary that the greatest 

 attention should be paid to them on the part of 

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