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get would be obtained, were we to trust more to their 

 judgment than we do, as to how they should be ridden 

 in their races. 



Rogues run very much better in a match or in a very 

 small field than they do in a crowd. 



" Of this indisputable truth," remarks Captain Jones, 

 " I have had ample proof. It has always been a matter 

 of surprise to me, that trainers do not teach young horses 

 their lessons in scenes and under circumstances resem- 

 bling, as much as possible, those under which they 

 have subsequently to fight their battles, and, oftentimes, 

 to carry their masters' fortunes. I am led to this reflec- 

 tion by an old reminiscence of a horse of my own, which 

 I had bought as a two-year-old. He was as well bred 

 as Eclipse, and of real racing shape and make. He had 

 run but once as a two-year-old. I bought him in 

 October for a good round sum, by the advice of a friend 

 of ripe and rare judgment. He wintered well. Wanting 

 to try him alongside another horse early in the year, 

 I put four of them together, and galloped them a mile 

 in their clothing, far away from sight or sound. To my 

 delighted amazement, the young one seemed to hold the 

 old horse (one of some pretensions) the whole distance, 

 and was only beaten half a length. If this form were 



