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mares which have won at the different distances. 



Thus :-- 



At 5, 6, and 7 furlongs the ^ 



ratio of horses to mares > 394 : 318, that is 1 * 24 : 1 



is j 



At 8, 9, 10, and 11 furlongs ^ 



the ratio of horses to [ 702 : 366, that is 1 "92 : 1 



mares is . . . . J 



At 12 furlongs and up- "^ 



wards the ratio of ■ 604 : 221, that is 2 -73 : 1 



horses to mares is . . J 



These results include races open to mares only. In 

 this category are the One Thousand Guineas, the 

 Coronation Stakes, and the Irish Oaks (all eight fur- 

 longs), the Yorkshire Oaks and the Atalanta Cup (ten 

 furlongs), the Epsom Oaks and the Nassau Stakes 

 (twelve furlongs), the Park Hill Stakes and the New- 

 market Oaks (fourteen furlongs). It is highly signi- 

 ficant that the subsequent running of many mares 

 which have won one or more of the above races has 

 shown them to be incapable of staying their accredited 

 distances. If races open to mares only be excluded 

 from calculation, though no appreciable alteration is 

 produced in the proportions of sprinters and inter- 

 mediates, the disparity at twelve furlongs and upwards 

 is still more marked than as given, viz., 3 horses : 1 

 mare instead of 2*73 : 1. Here it is convenient to 

 mention that in all weight-for-age races mares receive 

 an allowance of 3lbs. 



The foregoing data refer solely to the offspring of 

 the sires enumerated in Table III. I will now give a 

 few figures dealing with a wider field. The annexed 

 Table V. has been obtained by extracting the maxi- 



