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Gimcrack, Mambrino, Shark, Pot-8-os, Dun- 

 Cannon, Thormanby, and many other famous 

 horses have run for the Whip. The course 

 is the Beacon, 4 miles i furlong 177 yards, 

 and the weight to be carried is 10 stone. 



The tendency for years has been in favour 

 of short races at the expense of long distance 

 events. At the Newmarket Craven meeting 

 of 1820 there was one race of about three 

 miles, five races of two miles or over, twenty 

 of about one mile and two of under one 

 mile. At the Newmarket Craven meeting 

 of 1900 there were three races of about 

 one mile and a half, six of about one mile, 

 and eleven of five or six furlongs. The 

 necessity for breeding race horses that could 

 carry from ten to twelve stone twice or 

 thrice in an afternoon over a four-mile 

 course has disappeared altogether. In his 

 place we have the animal which can carry 

 seven stone over six or seven .furlongs at a 

 pace that would probably have left Eclipse 

 hopelessly behind, but which is useless for 

 any purpose off the race-course. 



The highly artificial existence to which 

 our race horses are now subjected, jealously 

 protected from change of temperature, and 

 " forced " in preparation to take part in two- 

 year-old races, has done much to impair 



