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will be put, without loss of time, into slow work, which 

 may be increased up to a little beyond half speed by the 

 time half the period allowed for training has elapsed. If 

 the horse is well, and his legs fine and cool, no more 

 medicine need be given, and the work can be continued 

 as I have shown in the second preparation. But if the 

 horse's system appear at all out of sorts, or his legs 

 incKned to fill, an alterative or physic ball, as the case 

 may require, should be given ; and three or four days after 

 the medicine has " set," work may be recommenced. 



It will be a great assistance to an amateur unac- 

 customed to training to keep a diary in which to enter 

 the distance and speed of the work done, and the amount 

 of corn eaten, every day by each horse, with any remarks 

 on their condition, etc., he may wish to note. 



I have already gone fully into the subject of food, so 

 shall not again notice it further than by saying that, in 

 training, a horse's corn should be gradually increased up 

 to the last two months, during which time he should have 

 his full allowance, namely, as much as he can eat. If a 

 horse's digestion gets upset by too much corn, it should be 

 diminished, a bran mash may be given for a couple of 

 nights, and some green meat, such as carrots or lucerne, 

 substituted for a part of the corn. 



The amateur trainer will do well to study the marks 

 of good condition in the horse, Until by practice he is 

 able to recognize them, he need not hope for much success 

 in his efforts, for to train well one must have an educated 

 eye to detect the minute graduations of condition, and 

 having acquired it, one will see at a glance what each 

 horse lacks. 



