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THE RACE HORSE. 



malken in his paddock, dressed in mans 1 apparel, which the horse instantly ran at, 

 kicked, and tore to pieces with his teeth. He was yet, like the Godolphin Arabian 

 to his cat, and O'Kelly's Dungannon to his lamb, strongly attached and extremely 

 kind to a lamb, which we saw in a very hot day watching" and butting the flies 

 from off the horse's shoulder. 



K LEANOR is one of the highest-bred mares of this country, and was a true 

 runner. In the year 1801, she won, in a high form, the DERBY STAKES at 

 Epsom, and the OAKS, or Filly Stakes, the following day; being the first racer 

 that has won the two, in all the years since the commencement of those Stakes. 



With respect to TRAINING the Race Horse, and considering the too recent acci- 

 dents, ( \( n at .present, of breaking down from excess of work, Cltifney's remarks 

 an- l>y no means out of season, but in truth may be extended to farther circum- 

 stances of the case. When a horse is first taken into work, after having had a long- 

 rest, his carcase is large and heavy, and the practice is to put a great weight of 

 clothes njK)ii him, and to order him to take long sweats. But the horse, in this 

 early stage of his training, is the least able to bear weight of clothes, or to run a long- 

 sweat : for l)eing yet full of flesh, and his body heavy ; this, added to the weight 

 of clothes, occasions great stress upon his sinews, inflaming them and making them 

 full and weak to the degree, that they are liable to be forced out of their place, 

 l)\ his -a 11 ops being a little too fast or continued too long. 



