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an hour and a half. On returning, he is fed, clothed 

 for the night, the bedding, &c., is put in order, and he 

 is then left to enjoy his well-earned repose. 



When a horse is galloped in the evening instead of 

 the morning, the same routine should be observed ; 

 except that the afternoon's grooming should be com- 

 menced half an hour earlier. In this case, only a few 

 go-downs of water should be given before it. Here, 

 instead of being watered in the afternoon, he should 

 be watered at mid-day, and then should have no more 

 water, except the few go-downs already mentioned, till 

 after work. When taken out, he should have, at the 

 very least, an hour's walking exercise before his gallop, 

 and after that he should get half a bucket of water, 

 with a full allowance on his return to the stable. He 

 is then groomed, fed, and bedded down for the night. 



Supposing that a horse in training gets 16 Ibs. of corn 

 a day, it may be divided into feeds in the following 

 manner : 



Early morning feed lib. \ 



Morning 4 Ibs. 4 



Mid-day .. ... 4 Ibs. or L 4 



Afternoon ,, 2 Ibs. 2 



Evening ,, 5 Ibs. ' 6 



