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vincing nature, have led me to analyze and experiment, 

 until at length I discovered, under many phases of dis- 

 couragement, a MEDICINE, combining many peculiar pro- 

 perties of a subtle and mysterious character. Its effects 

 are so striking, I might add, startling, that I have been 

 induced to lay it before those who look upon the horse 

 as an animal worthy the esteem and friendship of man. 

 To such I offer it, and not to those who consider him a 

 drudge, a fit subject for kicks and blows, and who even 

 deny him a sufficiency of daily food as a compensation 

 for the hard labor he performs. 



It is generally known that racers fitted for the course, 

 are subjected to a rigid course of diet, calculated to pro- 

 mote strength and elasticity of muscle. Arterial stimu- 

 lants are also employed from time to time, but more 

 especially so when the speed and endurance of the horse 

 are being put to the test. Thus far, these stimulants 

 alone have been employed by sportsmen. 



The recipe mentioned below contains several articles 

 which, when combined, exert a general electrical in- 

 fluence, not only over the circulation, but also over the 

 nerves and muscles. The horse, under the harmless but 

 reviving effect of this medicine, will astonish those who 

 know his capabilities, by his marvelous feats of fleetness 

 and endurance. Unlike alcoholic stimulants, whose in- 

 fluence is ephemeral, it supplies a natural demand, and 

 is as necessary to the full development of the animal 

 spirits, as food is to the sustenance of the body. 



This medicine is not calculated for general use; for 

 this reason I did not place it in the body of this work. 



