3-20 TRAINING. 



Take of Powdered Jalap .... 10 grains 



Carbonate of Soda .... 15 grains 



Epsom Salts ..... \ ounce 



Tincture of Ginger .... 30 drops 



Weak Chamomile Tea ... 6 ounces 



Mix, and give as a drench. 

 Or 



Take of Barbadoes Aloes .... 1 drachm 



Ginger ...... 2 grains 



Palm Oil . . . . . . ^ drachm 



Mix into a bolus, and give as such. 



Either of these doses will produce a number of watery evacuations, 

 which will carry off two or three pounds of fat without seriously 

 weakening the dog. Still I confess I do not like them to be used 

 except as a last resource, since they tend to produce dyspepsia, and, 

 if much used, lower the tone of the constitution considerably. Of 

 course, if the liver is not acting, proper measures must be taken to 

 set it going. 



From this point in the preparation the work must be continued 

 as before ; the trainer, if he has a horse, taking the dogs out with it 

 every alternate day for a distance gradually increased up to eight 

 or ten miles out and back, and increasing the pace according to 

 the strength, wind, and condition of the feet. It seldom is neces- 

 sary to gallop more than a mile or a mile and a half at a stretch, 

 choosing a piece of turf for this purpose. Five or six miles may 

 be done on the trot, and the remainder on the walk. Should no 

 horse be used the trainer trusts to the natural playfulness of his 

 dogs for the gallop, but he should keep them going constantly for 

 the time he is out (four hours) by walking briskly himself. 



By attention to the previous directions and by the following 



