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his wiitcr, where a horse is greedy of it, he 

 slionld be watered very often, and at all times as 

 much as he will drink ; he will then drink less, 

 and come straight and strong in his carcase. 



The outcry is. Why are there so few good run- 

 ners, or that the turf-horses degenerate ? Some 

 say they think it is from running horses too 

 young. My opinion is this; viz. That the best 

 running mares are trained till their running is 

 gone from them little or much, then turned into 

 the stud exhausted of their juices, as above de- 

 scribed. Perhaps drop a foal on the following 

 year, and so on year after year, suckling one foal 

 while breeding another. The mare is thus turned 

 into the stud, drained of her strength, and her 

 continually breeding keeps her so, without she 

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