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horse may get, if there be five or six months to prepare 

 him in before he runs. If, however, the time be limited 

 to only two or three months, a dose of physic on com- 

 mencing will be generally required; for one must hurry 

 on the work, which, with high feeding, if physic be not 

 given, is apt to upset a horse's system and make him 

 feverish, thereby rendering his legs prone to inflamma- 

 tion. Pursuing the system I have already described, 

 the horse will be put, without loss of time, into slow 

 work, which may be increased up to a little beyond 

 half speed by the time half the period allowed for 

 training has elapsed. If the horse is well, and his legs 

 fine and cool, no more medicine need be given, aud the 

 work can be continued as I have shown in the second 

 preparation. But if the horse's system appear at all 

 out of sorts, or his legs inclined to fill, an alterative or 

 physic ball as the case may require should be given ; 

 and three or four days after the medicine has "set," 

 work may be re-commenced. 



It will be a great assistance to an amateur unac- 

 customed to training, to keep a diary in which to enter 

 the distance and speed of the work done, and the 

 amount of corn eaten, every day by each horse, with 

 any remarks on their condition, etc., he may wish to 

 note. 



I have already gone fully into the subject of food, so 

 shall not again notice it further than by saying that, 

 in training, a horse's corn should be gradually increased 

 up to the last two months, during which time he should 

 have his full allowance, namely, as much as he can 

 eat. If a horse's digestion gets upset by too much 

 corn, it should be diminished, a bran mash may be 



