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by the lightly-penalised ones, until their bad start, or 

 misapplied efforts, have deprived them of the greater 

 part of the advantage which they appeared to have 

 had on paper. After that, when it comes to a finish, 

 what chance can a tired weak boy have against a 

 strong resolute man ? 



Mr. William Day, in his valuable work, * The Race- 

 horse in Training,' cites the following instances of 

 inferior riding nullifying advantages of weight. 

 " Fraulein, running at Goodwood in the Stewards' 

 Cup, with 6 St. 4 lbs. on her, was not placed ; but 

 running afterwards for the Doncaster Cup, beat Marie 

 Stewart, and won other races at other places in the 

 hands of men, showing about 3 st. improvement. Again, 

 we see at the same meeting (Goodwood) that Valuer, 

 running with 6 st. 4 lbs. on his back, was not one of the 

 first twenty ; and yet he was always better than 

 Historian at even weights. He ran no better at New- 

 market with similar weights the same year, which was 

 some 28 lbs. worse than his real form — a fact that was 

 afterwards publicly proved by the many races he won 

 when carrying 2 st. more in much the same company." 



The different Ways of Riding a Race may be 

 generally summed up as follows: i. Waiting; 2. Making 



