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any odds and ends required, so that the horses may 

 not be inconvenienced by the carts which carry the 

 corn, gear, etc., being delayed on the road. One 

 bucket between two or three horses will be sufficient. 



ShObing-Smiths. Native shoeing-smiths gene- 

 rally charge from Ks. 1-4 to Ks. 1-8 for shoeing, and 12 

 annas for removing. 



With a large stable, it is a good plan to employ a 

 shoeing-smith on a fixed salary. As a rule, they are 

 neat workmen, and will readily learn if properly taught. 

 Their pay will vary from Bs. 10 to Bs. 16, for which 

 they will shoe and plate their master's horses, and, if 

 attached to a racing stable, will accompany them from 

 one meeting to another. They expect permission to 

 shoe during spare hours on their own account. 



Hiding Lads. Having got horses to train, the next 

 thing is to find some one to ride them in their gallops ; 

 for owners are hardly ever light enough to do this. 

 Besides this, a man can generally train better by 

 superintending work, than by riding gallops himself. 

 If possible, no one over 8 st. 7 Ibs., at the very outside, 

 should be put up ; for any more weight will certainly 

 tend to shorten the stride of a horse, especially that of 

 small ones like Arabs. On the other hand, too light a 

 lad, say one of seven stone, may not be strong enough 

 to hold a big horse together ; and it is always better to 

 pat up a little extra weight in the shape of muscle, 

 than to allow a horse, particularly a young one, to 

 sprawl all over the place. When a horse has once 

 learned to gallop, unless he be a determined puller, an 

 eight stone lad will generally be able to do all that is 

 wanted, and with such an one up if he be at all a 



