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animals as were subjected to severe races and 

 strong exercise entailing fatigue, and even dis- 

 tress ; and it did not discourage them from eating 

 their corn. This seemed to impress his Lordship 

 very favourably, and he desired that its effects 

 might be fully tested upon all those horses whose 

 constitutions were not as robust as could be wished. 

 As time advanced the horses so treated improved 

 greatly in appearance. Firebrand and Flytrap, 

 being the most delicate, and most heavily engaged, 

 his Lordship thought their strength and powers 

 might be still further increased by giving them 

 new milk mixed with flour to drink, and a dozen 

 new-laid eggs in each feed of corn. Accordingly, 

 cows were purchased to provide the required 

 milk, and the eggs ordered from the farmers 

 were marked with their initials, to ensure their 

 being fresh, as his Lordship would not buy from 

 a dealer or shopman, for fear of the eggs being 

 musty, so as to give the animals a distaste for 

 their corn. At first there was some difficulty in 

 inducing the horses to partake of this unnatural 

 diet and beverage, but after a time they ate and 

 drank it with avidity, and stood a good pre- 

 paration, Firebrand winning the One Thousand 

 Guineas and Flytrap the Column. 



After these successes Lord George, being so much 

 impressed with the beneficial effects of milk and 

 eggs, wished all the light-fleshed and delicate ani- 

 mals to be fed in the same way. Some were most 



