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the rest of the meal through a boulter, kneading 

 it only with ale and yeast, and use it in all other 

 points as the former. The peck is to be given to 

 the horse when you set him, and the other at 

 ordinary times. 



" This bread assists nature and much increases 

 the strength, courage and wind of the horse. '* 



Towards the end of the training, " if the horse 

 proves thirsty " you are to give him at eight or 



A julep ^^® o'clock at night, the following 

 for horses julep to cool him and quench his thirst : 



" Make two quarts of barley water, three ounces 

 of syrup of violets, two ounces of syrup of lemons, 

 and having mixed them together give them to the 

 horse to drink, and if he refuses place it so that he 

 may not throw it down, and let it stand by him all 

 night." 



A final weird type of food is prescribed for your 

 horse when being wound up : 



" During the last fortnight you must give him 

 dried oats that have been milled by beating, and 

 "Winding- having washed half a strike of oats in 

 up " food ^jjg whites of a dozen or twenty eggs, 

 stir them together, letting them lie all night to 

 soak. Spread them abroad in the sun next morn- 

 ing, till they are as dry as they were at first, and 



