50 PETWORTH. 



covered with a soft, verdant turf, with a 

 small stream of clear water running 

 through it, was well adapted for the 

 prevention of too great an expansion of 

 the foot, which a naturally wet soil will 

 frequently produce; and, from its extent, 

 gave full scope for the frolicsome and 

 voluntary exercise of the yearling, where 

 he could fairly develop his quality of 

 speed, and where, from the whole pro- 

 duce, the noble owner selected such as 

 his own excellent judgment pointed out, 

 to enter for the great prizes at Epsom, 

 Newmarket, and elsewhere. 



Paddocks, furnished with well-constructed 

 sheds, for the reception of two, or three 

 at most, colts or fillies, when rising two 

 years old, were enclosed with brick 

 or flint walls ; each paddock had its 

 attendant, to feed and water his own 

 particular charge ; * which then, when fairly 

 handled and broke, was sent to the 



