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dose or two in reserve, in case of its being ne- 

 cessary to give a third or last dose to any of 

 them after the first sweat. 



As the colts of the second class, the hearty 

 ones, do not require so much work in training as 

 those of the first class, it is not necessary to 

 physic to the same extent; a couple of doses is 

 generally sufficient for them, and which may be 

 given at the end of January, as we shall not 

 want more than a clear month for getting these 

 colts ready to run. The colts of the third class, 

 as the flighty ones, will not be in much want of 

 either physic or work; the plan with them is, as 

 we have observed, to let them have such exer- 

 cise as will give them an appetite for their food, 

 taking care not to do any thing with them that 

 will be likely to put them out of temper; and if 

 some among them will stand any thing in the 

 shape of work, the better way will be to steal it 

 into them, if I may thus express myself. This is 

 all we shall at present say about the third class. 



Having finished our directions, at least for the 

 present, on physicking our two-year olds, and 

 considering that they have also been forwarded 

 as directed in the third chapter on training year- 



