114 ON AND OFF THE TUKF. 



track, althougli I do not think tkere is a trainer in 

 Australia who does not time his horses in an important 

 gallop. It is very different for a trainer, who knows 

 the .exact weights the horses have up, to time a gallcp, 

 to the ordinar}'' looker-on who does not know the 

 weights. 



Australian trainers place a great reliance on the 

 time test, and, judging by results, they appear to do 

 very well on it. 



Certainly the watch tells whether a horse has done 

 a fast gallop or a slow one, and if every horse would 

 run up to his time in a race the test would be satis- 

 factory. Horses, however, do not always run up to 

 their trials either with a watch on or off. 



There is a vast difference between a gallop on a 

 training track and in an actual race, the conditions 

 are so different. 



In a trial a horse has a clear course and can do his 

 best; in a race he may be hampered by a big field, get 

 blocked on the rails, or the pace may not be fast 

 enough for him. 



As the horses gallop round the Randwick track 

 they are eagerly watched, and it is surprising how 

 quickly the onlookers get to know the horses by name. 



Some trainers make a practice of being early on 

 the track in order to have the ground in the best 

 possible condition before it has been galloped on. It 

 i-s- often a race between Mr. W. Kelso and Mr. Harry 



