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has arrived, as it does to all horses, when the colt must 
be accustomed to restraint ; and even then, a proportionate 
allowance of exercise to suit his tender age is given—and he 
is not overworked, whilst he is well cared for. 
Again, as to his being trained, bled, physicked, and 
sweated, I can vouch for it that his training is little more 
than gentle exercise until he is old enough to bear work ; 
and that in a state of health, he is not subjected to bleeding, 
and that a mild dose of physic is only administered occa- 
sionally as a preventive of disease, or in illness. 
Having shown, I think, beyond all doubt, that the Professor 
is wrong in his remarks on the horse, I shall next essay to 
demonstrate that he is not more happy in his strictures on the 
manners and customs of those that have to do with him. 
In his statements as to the early hour at which the boys 
rise, and as to one boy being kept for each horse, it must 
suffice to say that he is in error, as he is in a general sense in 
other ways. For as to wasting one pound a day, I have my- 
self wasted for years, and often reduced myself six pounds in 
a day, and day after day several pounds. I reduced myself 
to ride Belissama, at Bath, from 10 stone to the required 
weight, 7 st. 13 lbs. which included the saddle. I have never 
injured myself by the process, and I do not doubt others have 
wasted even more with a similarly innocuous result. 
But the Professor still further commits himself to untenable 
statements, and does so in a much more reprehensible fashion, 
when he categorically attacks trainers and jockeys and would 
brand them with infamy; as indeed he is inclined to attack 
all and any who happen to differ with him in opinion. But it 
is only fair to submit his own words, even though the quota- 
tion be somewhat lengthy; for by this method, points will 
not be brought forward that specially assist my theory, 
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