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OUR DOAIKSTIC ANIMALS 



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while the formation of fat and of ligaments 

 between the muscles and the tendons is checked 

 as much as possible. For the same reasons the 

 horse recei\'es but a moderate though substan- 

 tial amount of food. This regimen is naturalh' 

 a lest of the animal's strength ; many of them 

 succiunb under it. 



The jockeys train themselves in very much 

 the same way. They present, like their horses, 



a spare apjjearance, lean and skinny, but agile 

 and vigorous, — an appearance not seen out- 

 side racing stables. On the other hand, good 

 jockeys can feather their nests so well that 

 they soon bid adieu to saddles and starvation, 

 and pass the rest of their li\'es in pretty villas, 

 where they at once recover their plumpness. 

 Betting is inseparable from a race course, and 

 is often the cause of swindling. It frecjuently 





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