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cannot gallop them, you may lengthen 

 their walks as much as you please, and at 

 the same time do not omit a dose of 

 physic, or the consequence will be they 

 will get fat in their insides, and the first 

 hunting day, if the hounds go the pace, 

 and your horse is not rode with great 

 judgment, he will soon have the " puff" 

 out of him ; and if forced on, and put to 

 a fence in this state of exhaustion, he is 

 almost sure to fall, and will probably 

 break a blood-vessel, or injure himself so 

 seriously, as not to be worth five pounds 

 afterwards. 



I am convinced that most accidents hap- 

 pen to both man and horse from the un- 

 fortunate animal being thus urged on 

 (after he is blown), by an injudicious 

 rider, one who will not condescend to 

 " drop a stern " for a few seconds to 

 give his horse wind, even to save the life 

 of a valuable hunter. To prevent the 



