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INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRAINING, 



BY CHARLES DUVALL. 



Let the horse be in good flesh when you put him up ; night and 

 morning walk him four miles, well clothed with one blanket and a 

 suit of horse clothes, for eight days ; water him between the walk- 

 ing with forty swallows ; feed him at nine in the morning, at twelve 

 o'clock, at six in the evening, and at nine at night, with three quarts 

 of oats and chopped corn, one-fifth chopped corn, giving him one 

 bundle of blades after feeding in the morning, at twelve o'clock, and 

 at six o'clock : after feeding at nine at night, give him two bundles 

 of blades. Let him be well rubbed before each feed with straw as 

 to his body, and his legs with woollen rubbers ; let him have a good 

 bed of straw ; let his feet and legs, night and morning, before you 

 take him in, be washed with warm water and Castile soap ; then 

 for eight days more, in the morning, gallop tw^o miles before wa- 

 tering and one mile after, and in the evening one mile before wa- 

 tering and one mile after, clothing and rubbing before each feed as 

 before. After that prepare him for sweating, by feeding with two 

 quarts at six o'clock, and at nine o'clock the same, giving him no 

 blades, and having him well muzzled ; let him be well rubbed and 

 have a good bed of straw, always keeping his feet well stuffed with 

 cow-dung. Let your turf be kept well harrowed and soft. At 

 day-break take him to his training ground with three, four, or five 

 blankets, and his body-clothes ; let him go four miles, the first three 

 half-speed, the fourth mile at a sweeping rate with a tight rein, 

 and a rider not exceeding the weight the horse should carry. Then 

 strip him on the field, carefully scraping, rubbing, and brushing him 

 till dry ; then put on his usual clothes and walk him an hour ; then 

 take him to the stable ; then scald a gallon of bran, add cold water 

 to it till milk warm, and let him drink what he will of it. Then 

 let him be well rubbed and dressed ; then scald two quarts of bran, 

 and two quarts of oats ; mix them, putting among them a table 

 spoonful of flour of sulphur and as much antimony as will lie on a 

 cent, and let the horse eat it warm; then "take two bundles of 

 stemmed blades, and sprinkle them with salt and water, and give 

 him ; then take some warm bran and water and wash his legs, rub- 



