GENERAL RULES FOR WORK DURING TRAINING in 



with soft and elastic turf, offers many advantages ; but I 

 question much if its climate is not too damp in which 

 to summer horses. The same objection may, with still 

 greater force, be urged against the Sonthal Hills. 



General Rules for Work during Training. — Before 

 a horse is put into training, he should, if possible, be in a 

 sound state of health, and his muscles should be well 

 developed by quiet, slow work and hacking. 



If practicable, gallop only in the morning, and get the 

 horses back early to their stables — not later, during the 

 cold weather, than haK-past eight o'clock. Apart from 

 the fact that evening work, by exciting a horse, is apt to 

 prevent him from having a good night's rest, we should 

 remember that the ground, on account of the presence of 

 the dew, is softest in the early morning. 



I think, however, it is a mistake, as some do, to gallop 

 horses too early in the morning — when it is all but dark ; 

 for by this practice accidents are liable to occur, espe- 

 cially from horses putting their feet into holes that are 

 made by rats, which rodents burrow very rapidly on 

 many of our Indian courses. Besides, too early rising 

 deprives horses of a part of their valuable night's rest, and 

 is apt to induce coughs and colds. I am rather inclined 

 to think that galloping in the twilight is apt to make 

 them " go higher " than they would do were they worked 

 at a time when they could clearly see where they were 

 going. 



However backward in condition horses may be, they 

 should not, except in very rare cases, be worked twice a 

 day. Here I do not take into account their evening 

 walk. 



