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doing their first sweat early in March, and the 

 other (Chap. 22) on how horses are to be 

 sweated under all the various circumstances in 

 which it may be necessary to be done, and in 

 which chapter will also be found the precau- 

 tions that are to be taken to prevent accidents 

 occurring to them. 



We shall now suppose that the two yearlings 

 we laid by in April were again taken up in 

 June: that they were both handled; that is to 

 say, that their cavessons were put on, and that 

 they were lounged until they were steady enough 

 for the boys to ride them out to exercise as 

 usual; that they had their physic given them, 

 and that our best colt was progressively for- 

 warded during the summer, so as to keep his 

 memory refreshed; that our second best colt 

 was put into regular training, and that he did 

 occasionally run during the summer with other 

 colts of his year, the majority of which he beat, 

 and at the October meeting at Newmarket he 

 won a good stake with little difficulty. 



Considering the middle of November to have 

 arrived, the racing season may be said to have 

 concluded. Let us now take our leave of Newmar- 



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