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Hence his muscles require fibrine and gelatine, his brain and 

 bones demand phosphoric acids and phosphates in combination 

 with various substances, and his blood must be made up of fibrine, 

 albumen, and saline substances suspended in water. These 

 substances are all found in bread and meat ; but to keep the 

 digestive organs in good humour a variety must be offered them, 

 and some fresh vegetable matter must occasionally be added. 

 Horseflesh, when free from drugs given for the disease of which 

 the animal has died, is sufficiently good for training purposes; 

 next to it comes beef; but better than either is mutton, on 

 account of its suiting the stomach of the dog, and of its being 

 less heating and stimulating. In training, therefore, these 

 should be varied, the usual plan being to feed upon horseflesh 

 or beef till the week before running, and then finish upon mutton. 

 To these should be added a little jelly made from cow heels and 

 sheeps' trotters. Thus in the lean flesh of one of the above 

 animals joined to bread, jelly, and salt, will be found the best food 

 for training purposes. They contain all that is wanted, they 

 agree with the stomach, and they afford sufficient materials for the 

 purposes of respiration. 



During training, unless the dog is soft in constitution, the appetite 

 generally keeps good ; indeed, most animals would eat more than 

 is given them. Some are, however, so delicate that their stomachs 

 give way under work, and for such poor wretches all sorts of 

 remedies have been devised, such as beefsteaks fried in brandy, 

 sago and eggs, rabbits fried in onions, mutton pemmican, &c. 

 Unless, however, there is some particular necessity for running a 



