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be very violent, bleeding should be re- 

 peated, because there will be inflammation. 



Horr^s^''^ ^^' ^ ^^^^^ §i^^ ^^^ particular receipt how to 

 prepare physic for a horse, as the purging 

 balls, sold by most chemists, are nearly 

 composed of the same ingredients, and I 

 have found them to operate very well. 



Remarks con- J g}-^r^ii touch but slis-hllv on the method 



cernin.sr tram- o ^ 



Slwmarket.^^ of training horses at Nev/market; for, if I 

 were to enter into particulars, I might- 

 write a whole volume on the absurdities I 

 have seen practised there. All horses, ge- 

 nerally speaking, are treated alike, unless 

 they fortunately fall into the hands of some 

 trainer (the number of which are but few), 

 who acts according to reason and common 

 sejise, and whose brains does not lie in his 

 guts, (pardon me this vulgar expression,) 

 and his guts in his head — for they are 

 fond of good living. 



There is a certain cant term, and method 

 of speaking, aniongst these most ignorant 

 felfows, which I ever despised, when I was 

 on the turf; and I equally despise it now. 

 When a gentleman has matched his 

 horse at the Jockey Club, he tells his 



