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his rival, who has been a thought longer at his fences, quite gets 

 up. If, on the contrary, as so often happens, the spent horse 

 falls or blunders, losing ground but saving a fall, because he 

 has not been steadied and held together, the careful man reaps 

 the benefit. 



These considerations, however, lead to and may be more 

 appropriately treated in the next chapter, on * Riding the 

 Race.' 



