TRAINING OF ANIMALS, &C. 3(7 



this has been done, and whether it is to be recommended for 

 gout, corpulency, afthma, nervous diforder, or other maladies, 

 as likely to be of fervice ? 



Thefe are queflions, of the importance of which, thofe who The art muft be 

 are bell able to anfwer, may not be fully aware. But nothing °^ '""po"*"". 

 which fo fuddenly changes the powers, and the very form and 

 charader of the body, from grofs to lean, from weaknefs to 

 vigorous health, from a breathlefs and bloated carcafe, to one 

 active and untiring, can ever be unimportant, either to the 

 art of phyfic in general, or to that branch of it more ini- 

 mediately connefled with inquiries regarding health and 

 longevity. 



The queries to be put regarding jockies, running-horfes, qr 

 game-cocks, may be to the following effecl : 



1, Jockies, 



1. What is the procefs ufed in training them, and reducing ^^"j",''^'"?'^- 

 their weight ? ^ j 



2. What efre6l has It upon their health and ftrength ? 



3. What effed has it upon their mind, in regard to courage, 

 quicknefs, &c. 



4. How long do thefe efFefls continue ? 



5. After being reduced, do they quickly get fat again, 

 or do they continue long in the flate to which they were 

 brought ? 



6. Are jockies, accuftomed to be thus treated, healthy and 

 long lived ? 



2. Running Horfcs, 



1. What are the principal objefls to be attended to in re- Running horfei? 

 gard to running-horfes? Do their perfections depend upon 

 parentage, and whether moft upon the male or the female? 



Is it neceflary that the mare {houid have gone her full time, 

 to bring a perfed foal ? Is the gradual growth of the foal 

 eflential? Is there a great difference, in regard to natural 

 conftilulion, between horfes of the fame parentage ? What 

 kind of form is in general preferred ? Do you prefer great or 

 iraall bones ? Which fex is preferable for fpeed, and which 

 for llrength ? 



2. What is the befl age for beginning to train horfes for 

 the turf? Are they fufl put upon grafs r What is the effeci of 



loft 



