194 TEAIN1NG IN INDIA. 



spot from which he first started, As in other details 

 of training in England, no invariable routine is observed. 

 I have previously pointed out, that the trainer must 

 be guided by the manner a horse scrapes, in deciding 

 as to the advisability of giving him a sweat ; for at this 

 stage of his work he will not be sent fast enough to try 

 his lungs, so as to judge by their condition. During 

 this time, the sweat will be gradually losing its greasy 

 feel, though it will still come off pretty thick. As it is 

 impossible to give minute advice on this subject, I must 

 leave the tyro to be guided by his own common sense, 

 and by the general principles on which I have touched. 

 Sweating. Before describing tho process of sweat- 

 ing a horse, I would beg my readers to remember that 

 the grosser and more unfit the animal is, the slower 

 the pace of the sweat, and the less severe should it be. 

 If time be limited, a stout, lusty horse will probably 

 require a sweat, given at a slow pace, once a fortnight. 

 English blankets, and not country ones, should be 

 used ; for the texture of the former is much closer and 

 softer than that of the latter. The clothes and distance 

 may be arranged as follows : 



Put a thick rug over the horse's back in the ordinary 

 manner ; then take a long blanket, fold it lengthwise 

 in two or three folds, so that it may not be too broad, 

 pass one end under the horse's belly to a man on the 

 off side, make him draw it towards himself till it be 

 properly divided, and pass the ends one above the other, 

 over the horse's back, so that the rug and blanket may 

 be tightly wrapped round his body. A long blanket 

 folded like a shawl, is passed in front of the horse's 

 chest, and well up his neck so that it may not 



