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with greater facility. When the trainer deems it 

 necessary to put additional clothing over the above, 

 he should use old cloths for the purpose, having, 

 of course, first seen that they are in proper repair, 

 and that any necessary alterations have been 

 made. 



In the hottest part of summer, lighter clothing, 

 made of serge, linen, or calico, may be used both 

 in the stable and at exercise. 



A proper supply of rollers, straps, boots, knee- 

 caps, fetters, &c., should always be kept in the 

 stable, in such order and place as to be serviceable 

 at a moment's notice. A list of these, and of all 

 the other articles of saddlery used in the racing- 

 stable, can be at all times obtained at the principal 

 saddlers at Newmarket, York, Doncaster and 

 Epsom ; and the trainer should make it his busi- 

 ness to inquire, from time to time, at these places 

 as to any inventions and improvements in these 

 matters which may have sprung out of the present 

 advanced state of practical science, so as to avail 

 himself of them if really serviceable. 



It is not our purpose, in offering these details 

 and remarks to the reader, to have it for a moment 

 supposed that we are laying down a complete 

 system of training race-horses ; as we are perfectly 

 aware that it would require the whole space of one 

 of these volumes to do this fully and efficiently. 

 Feeling that a work of this nature might be con- 

 sidered incomplete were we to pass this subject 



