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pend on the pace and length they are made to 

 go in them. It is to be understood, as a general 

 rule, that horses of all ages, on their coming 

 into training, must have, as we have before ob- 

 served, a sufficient portion of flesh on them; and 

 in training the greatest care must be taken not 

 to strip them of it too suddenly ; and this rule 

 more particularly stands good in the training of 

 yearlings, two-year olds, and three-year olds. As 

 the two first-mentioned, if they run in their own 

 classes, have but short lengths to come in their 

 races, they do not require being drawn so fine, 

 nor by any means in the same proportion as 

 some of the five or six-year olds do, that have to 

 come much longer lengths in their running. 



The galloping exercise two-year olds will have 

 to take, with a good steady three or four-year 

 old to go before them as occasion may require, 

 will be the same as with the yearlings, (except 

 as to length), according to the effects it is 

 likely to produce, or, more properly speaking, the 

 effects the trainer is desirous of producing on 

 each colt But as a guidance to the reader on 

 this subject, we beg to refer him to the chapter 

 on Training the Yearlings, from p. 224 to the 

 conclusion. 



