GENERAL EULES FOR WORK DURING TRAINING. 181 



tages; but I question much if its climate is not too damp, 

 in which to summer horses. The same objection may, 

 with still greater force, be urged against the Sonthal 

 Hills. 



General Rules for Work during Training. 

 Before a horse is put into training, he should, if possible, 

 be in a sound state of health, and his muscles should 

 be well developed by quiet, slow work and hacking. 



If practicable, gallop only in the morning, and get the 

 horses back early to their stables, not later, during the 

 cold weather, than half-past eight o'clock. Apart from 

 the fact that evening work, by exciting a horse, is apt 

 to prevent him from having a good night's rest, we 

 should remember that the ground, on account of the 

 presence of the dew, is softest in the early morning. 



I think, however, it is a mistake, as some do, to 

 gallop horses too early in the morning when it is all but 

 dark ; for by this practice, accidents are liable to occur, 

 especially from horses putting their feet into holes 

 that are made by rats, which rodents burrow very 

 rapidly on many of our Indian courses. Besides this, 

 too early rising deprives horses of a part of their valu- 

 able night's rest, and is apt to induce coughs a"nd colds. 

 I am rather inclined to think that galloping in the 

 twilight is apt to make them "go higher" than they 

 would do were they worked at a time when they could 

 clearly see where they were going. 



However backward in condition horses may be, they 

 should not, except in very rare cases, be worked twice 

 a day. Here I do not take into account their evening 

 walk. 



They should not get their gallop until they have 



