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consistently, that is, with his due develop- 

 ment and even (as opposed to forced) growth, 

 the better and more useful a horse he is 

 likely to prove. He should, therefore, where 

 it is possible, run out of doors all the year 

 round. If there is no hovel, he should in 

 winter time be brought into a loose bos (not 

 situated in a hot stable, but in some out- 

 building or barn-end) at night. In frosty 

 weather, lest he should slip and injure him- 

 self in the paddock, he may be kept in, when 

 a straw yard (if it be not a liquid manure 

 tank, as straw yards sometimes are) with an 

 open shed, is an ideal place for him. 



Horses, being gregarious in their natural 

 state, love company in a domesticated one, 

 Avherefore two or three foals together do better 

 than one alone ; and though when highly 

 bred they will often fight, as a writer in the 

 " BadmiAton Racing Book " aptly observes, 

 " like bull-dogs," it is seldom that any 

 serious accident occurs, though famous race- 



