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animals one so often sees releo-ated to do 

 this sort of work during holidays, etc. 



The Thoroug^hbred, 



In a small work of this character it is 

 quite impossible to enter into anything 

 more than the most simple outline of the 

 thorouorhbred, or racino- horse. 



The breeding and training of racers is 

 one of the most expensive hobbies that 

 can be indulged in, and the number of 

 those who have bred and dealt in these 

 animals "to profit" is certainly not equal 

 to that of those who have been out of 

 pocket by it. 



Some of the more important points of the 

 racer are : A straio-ht forehead and a lono- 

 head, with small, pointed ears ; height from 



