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^ ' about fi ve o'clock, another. At night, when 

 we shut the stable up, we could scarcely 

 perceive that his legs were at all swelled ; 

 and, at day-break the next morning, his 

 legs were as fine as they ever had been. 

 He had txvo balls given him the first two 

 days, but only one every day after, until the 

 day he started for the match, which was 

 seven days after he had taken his sweat. 

 His exercise was stopped only two days, 

 during which time he was only walked, 

 which, I am convinced, benefited him, for 

 nunning hc was a dcHcate horse. All running: horses, 



horses and CJ 



be^pJJgeT'^ ..and hunters, must be well purged ; if they 

 are not, they will never stand their work, 

 without flying to pieces, as the grooms vul- 

 garly call it. 

 purg^nfirJft It is not ncccssary to purge draft- horses, 

 hors«s. or hackneys. I have not physicked one 



for above thirty years. You need only 

 give them one ball, as big as a hen's e^^, 

 every day, until they have taken the whole 

 mass which I have prescribed. Give 

 this in the spring ; and, provided you find 

 their legs swell again, from work, or that 



