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which may be given at a trot, or by trotting and 

 walking alternately, and later than usual in the morn- 

 ing, so that the heat of the sun may aid the wasting 

 process without entailing extra work on the legs. 

 Gross horses with infirm forelegs are always the most 

 difficult to bring out ; for the heavier they are above, 

 the worse chance will their legs stand. On this 

 account, before the trainer can venture ,to send them 

 fast, he must get off some of the weight. 



It is a matter of importance to have a light weight 

 up when giving a horse a sweat ; and, in order to 

 obtain proper control, there is no objection to his 

 using a curb, instead of a snaffle. If a lad much over 

 8 st. rides, the pace should not exceed that of a trot. 



In England, trainers now rarely sweat their horses. 

 As Tom Jennings, who trained Gladiateur, Fille de 

 1'Air, Kayon d'Or, etc., once remarked to me, " If you 

 send them fast enough, they'll want no sweating. The 

 difficulty, then, will be to keep them big enough." 

 This at Newmarket answers well, when the trainer has 

 elastic turf, like that on the Limekilns, on which to 

 gallop his horses, and when he can buy, without putting 

 his hand into his own pocket, an unlimited number of 

 yearlings to replace the older horses as they break 

 down. 



Remarks on Training Continued. If, in the 

 middle of the training, the horse appears at all feverish, 

 or his legs inclined to inflammation from work and 

 high feeding, he should be thrown out of work for a 

 week, bran-mashed for the first two or three days, 

 have some green meat given, and an alterative ball 

 administered. For three or four days after this, his 



