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P. IX. 



at ; but, if hot and eager, he will require a 

 greater support to restrain him from over 

 running and exhausting himself, and the hand 

 must give that support to prevent such con- 

 sequences. At the push or running in for 

 the heat, you must give him the liberty to 

 exert his utmost, and so much support, and 

 no more than will enable him to do it — if you 

 give him more, you restrain him — if you give 

 him less, he cannot confidently throw himself 

 out. 



If, in endeavouring to assist the horse, you 

 pull him too much together, you check him, 

 particularly if your horse is nearly spent. 

 When you find the horse has done pulling, it 

 is time you had done running : he is then 

 exhausted, and must lose if the others are not 

 in the same state. If you find your horse 

 strong, and close pushed at running in, the 

 application of the whip, given at the instant, 

 before he takes his stroke, may draw an 

 additional spring or two from him, and give 

 you some assistance. The whip or spurs, at 



