14 FLAT-RACING EXPLAINED. 



hunt-horses, too, is astonishing, for it at once im- 

 parts freshness and vigor, when otherwise they 

 would remain for hours tired and listless. 



How many horses after being hard galloped, al- 

 though allowed to get apparently composed, refuse 

 to feed, and now and again may be seen looking 

 somewhat anxiously around! When this happens, 

 horses are not wholly free from pain, the remedy 

 for it being what I have said. Upon this I must 

 leave my readers to judge for themselves how a 

 horse comes out of the ordeal of excessive training, 

 if the idea is to improve as well as to secure the 

 retention of speed. 



It will certainly not be by prolonging the tension 

 and strain upon the spinal structure, but rather by 

 giving relief to that organ of the equine frame, for 

 expansion and development, with as little delay as 

 possible. 



In the matter of providing a suitable place in 

 which horses may be attracted to roll, much care is 

 necessary. If possible it should be round or oblong, 

 rather than square, in shape. There should be 

 plenty of straw or sand placed round the outer edge, 

 so that a horse may not get cast or injured in any 

 way. 



When a horse has seen another throw himself 

 down and roll, when his turn comes he takes to it 



