58 PKOPER EEST INDISPENSABLE. 



when the ill effects of the gallop, if any, will be evi- 

 dent, and due precautions taken immediately. If all 

 is well, on the next and two following days he should 

 resume his two hours' walk, morning and afternoon, 

 when the time will have arrived for another brushing 

 gallop, the same as the preceding. 



I have found from experience that not one horse in 

 te*n can stand more than two brushing gallops during 

 the week, and many cannot stand as much ; and there- 

 fore this must be taken as the rule, that no horse 

 should be galloped a second time until the soreness and 

 stiffness consequent on the previous spin has subsided. 

 Galloping in this state would only produce what is 

 termed staleness, and possibly permanent grogginess ; 

 at any rate, the horse would lose all speed, and conse- 

 quently all chance of success. 



Many horses will remain stiff and sore for days after 

 a gallop of two miles ; and even if they were to remain 

 weeks, patience must be called into play, and time al- 

 lowed for the vessels to relieve themselves and contract 

 on their contents. 



Unfortunately, however, time is rarely given, and 

 the horse is pulled out on the next and every subse- 

 quent day (till he breaks down), to be galloped and 

 walked, and walked and galloped, till he is little better 

 than a jade, having lost all elasticity and dash, on 

 which speed depends so much. 



I am well aware how unfair it is to make disparag- 

 ing remarks on the too frequent method of training 

 horses, since trainers are ordered by their employers to 



