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and lathery, but towards the last they are little more than 

 water. From this fact the progress of the horse's training 

 may be approximately ascertained. The legs are hand- 

 rubbed, at least fifteen minutes each, every day. 



During the whole time of training there is a great lia- 

 bility to all manner of accidents and diseases, and the 

 trainer finds, in the treatment of such cases, no small part 

 of his labor, while nothing can be more vexatious than to 

 see a horse, whose final preparation is in the full tide of 

 successful experiment, thrown out of the race by a casu- 

 alty, such as "breaking down," or "Curb." 



LAWS OF RACIt^G. 



The following are some of the rules of the Jockey Club 

 of England : — 



" The Age of all horses is taken from the 1st of Jan- 

 uary. 



" In Catch Weights any person can ride without going 

 to scale. A Feather Weight is defined to be 4 stone, 

 but the usual declaration must be made if the jockey in- 

 tends to ride more than that weight. 



" A Maiden horse or mare is one that has never won. 

 An Untried stallion or mare is one whose produce has 

 never started in public. 



" Jockeys Must Kide their horses to the usual place of 

 weighing, and he that dismounts beforehand, or wants 

 weight, is distanced, unless he is disabled by accident, in 

 which case he may be led or carried to the scale. If a 

 jockey fall from his horse, and the horse be rode in firom 

 the place where the rider fell by a person of sufficient 

 weight, he may take his place the same as if the rider had 

 not fallen. (At Newmarket, jockeys are required to weigh 

 before as well as after the race.) 



" Every Jockey is Allowed 2 lbs. above the weight 

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