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the training groom; — he is to bear in mind that 

 all horses on beginning their sweats are to go 

 slow in them; he must observe in due time what 

 effect a first or second sweat may produce on 

 each, and afterwards in their other sweats regu- 

 late their clothing accordingly; and, if he sees it 

 requisite, make their days of sweating more or 

 less frequent. Should a horse in this class be 

 more flighty than any of the others, that is, 

 if he should be of too irritable a temper, such 

 a horse, like those of the first class, should sweat 

 by himself. How many horses of the second 

 class may sweat together, will of course depend 

 on the number there may be in training, and how 

 often the sweating days of each may come round, 

 which is to be arranged by the groom according 

 to the conclusions he draws from the points to 

 which I have directed his attention. But be the 

 number what they may, as six, eight, or ten, as 

 soon as they are pulled up at the end of their 

 sweats, they are to be allowed to stand a moment 

 or two, that they may blow their noses ; they are 

 then to be moved rather quickly on to the rubbing- 

 house. On their being turned round in their 

 stalls here, the boys are to dismount and slack 

 their girths; and, as I have elsewhere observed, 

 their additional clothes are to be thrown over 



