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latter winner is appended, taken from my diary. I was then 

 living at Scarborough, and the horses took their gallops on the 

 sands when the frost was too severe to go elsewhere. When 

 they practised over the steeplechase course the distance was 

 about three miles, over a course laid out on the late Mr. James 

 Darrell's low farm at Ayton, about four miles from Scar- 

 borough, so that merely going there and back was a journey 

 of eight miles, in addition to the gallop. When we schooled 

 over hurdles often only three or four were jumped, and then 

 the horses were stopped and taken back to the commence- 

 ment and the practice repeated, a group of hurdles being 

 placed very near each other, with only about eighty yards 

 between them. The object was to sharpen the horses up 

 over fences after having been hunted ; and in this the plan 

 of Ben Land was followed, when he trained for Lord 

 Paulett, the Lamb being then one of the string of steeple- 

 chasers. 



Monkshood, 6 yrs. 



By Uncas out of the Abbess by Confessor. 



(Winner of the Grand National Hunters' Race.) 



Diary of Work. 



Jan. 21, Friday. — Galloped 3^ miles on the sands. 



The horse had been hunted since the beginning of the season, but 

 in consequence of a hard frost had not been out with hounds for 

 some time. He was given this gallop, and then allowed to have 

 nothing but trotting exercise till the following week, when he was 

 schooled over hurdles. Thinking he had not gained sufficient flesh 

 he was given another week's trotting exercise, and then commenced 

 training in earnest. 



Jan. 25, Tuesday. — Schooled over hurdles. 



Trotted daily for the following seven days. 



Feb. 2, Wednesday. — Schooled over hurdles. 



Feb. 3, Thursday. — Schooled over steeplechase course. 



Feb. 4, Friday. — Walked and trotted for two hours. 



Feb. 5, Saturday. — Galloped two miles on the race-course. Then schooled 

 over hurdles at Ayton, and afterwards jumped two fences on the 

 race-course. 



Feb. 6, Sunday. — Galloped two miles on the race-course. 



Feb. 7, Monday. — Galloped two miles on the race-course, and jumped 

 two hurdles. 



Feb. 8, Tuesday. — Cantered on the sands. 



