RIDING THE RACE, 



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horseman will often see an opening which he knows how to 

 take : getting the rails, for instance, may be an advantage. If, 

 again, a horse that is known to be a dangerous rival pecks or 

 blunders on landing over a fence, the man who has got over 

 comfortably may judiciously hasten on a little while his rival is 

 recovering ; for the blunderer has to make up lost ground, and 

 there is always a chance of his becoming a little flurried in the 

 course of the operation. 



Refusing. 



A non-stayer has generally one effort in him, and the 

 .horseman's art is shown in knowing just where to make it, for 

 .when once the spurt is over he will not come again ; and it 

 often depends greatly upon the rider whether the spurt just 

 brings him home, whether he fails to get up by coming too 

 late, or whether he dies out a few lengths from the post 

 because the effort has been made a little too early knowledge 

 of pace again. 



