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reason to apprehend your horse's swerving at the whip 

 (as is often the case with bad-hearted ones), keep hold 

 of the reins with both hands, and give him two or 

 three sharp kicks with the spurs, which will tend to 

 keep him straight and very materially increase his 

 chance of success. 



6. If you find you are beaten easily, pull up and 

 spare your horse's useless exertions; and, above all, 

 avoid that unsportsmanlike practice of flogging a 

 beaten horse, without a ghost of a chance, all the way 

 home. I am well aware that unless jockeys do so, the 

 ring men will not credit an honest defeat; but their 

 incredulity is no excuse for such cruel and disgusting 

 exhibitions, which are getting far too common in these 

 days. 



AFTER THE RACE. 



The horse should be led about in as warm and 

 sheltered a spot as possible for fully one hour before 

 being taken to the stable, that he may recover the 

 distress of his lungs, heart, &c., before being shut 

 up in a comparatively heated and unwholesome atmo- 

 sphere. 



The sooner he be rubbed, dried, and his toilette 

 finished the better, after which he should be shut up 

 and left quiet for some time ; and, unless he has to run 

 again within a week, some bran and linseed mashes, as 

 being the best sedative food known, and two days' 

 entire rest, should be allowed. 



At the termination of this period the horse may be 



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