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have detailed, should be gradually increased as the 

 preparation proceeds. Thus, a second-class Australian, 

 say one who could cover his mile with weight for age 

 up in 1 m. 48 s., might commence doing his half mile 

 gallops in 1 m. 45 s., and towards the end of two months 

 might do the three-quarters of a mile in 1 in. 50 s. 



During regular training, a horse should travel about 

 twelve miles a day, including every kind of exercise. 

 For instance, four miles before the morning gallop, 

 which might be for one and a half miles, a one-and-a- 

 half mile walk back to stable, and a five-mile walk in 

 the evening: an amount which should be rarely 

 exceeded ; for long continued walking makes horses 

 stale and leg- weary. On days of rest, a five-mile walk 

 in the morning, and a four mile one in the evening will 

 generally be enough. If a horse be gross, and have at 

 the same time doubtful legs, I would prefer to trust to 

 a mild dose of physic, say once a month, and a sweat, 

 say once a week, given at a trot and a walk, alternately, 

 late in the morning, than too long-continued walking 

 exercise. 



At Newmarket, horses in training are usually kept 

 out in the morning about two hours and a half ; a period 

 which is sometimes extended to three hours, Some 

 trainers give them also a walk in the evening ; while 

 others take them out only once. 



I may remark that the usual practice at Newmarket 

 is, after the horse has been walked for about three 

 quarters of an hour, to give him two canters of about 

 three-quarters of a mile each, and then to send him his 

 gallop. Between the canters, and between the last 

 canter and the gallop, the horse is walked back to the 



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