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at the pace with the last-mentioned horses, to 

 sweat them three miles and a half, or pretty 

 close upon four miles; but in doing the latter 

 length with them the pace proportionably slower, 

 until they come to that part of the ground where 

 it may be necessary for them, according to their 

 year, to finish their sweats at rather a better 

 pace, more particularly if it be near the time 

 of their coming out to run. And it is further 

 to be observed, that when these colts have to 

 sweat the above lengths, the lightest and best 

 riding boys should be put up to ride them, and 

 in concluding their last sweat or two they should 

 be made to come a good, fair, sweating pace for a 

 little longer length than they have to run, and 

 their sweating gallop should not be less than 

 a mile. 



Whenever it may be thought necessary to 

 increase the lengths of either their gallops or 

 sweats, the pace, the constitutions, and ages of 

 all horses must be duly considered, that is, the 

 horses must go proportionably slower, if the 

 length of ground they have to go over in any 

 part of their exercise is increased; and this rule 

 stands good more particularly with young ones. 

 By this we mean to be understood, that the 



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