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suggestion that, " when harassed with private work, 

 he indiscreetly gave away his year, started with twelve 

 stone, and fell lame " while the owner of " Snap 

 (late Mr. Latham's)," disclaiming all notion of a 

 lengthy eulogy, snaps at Mr. L. on this wise : " But 

 let it suffice to say that he has the best constitution 

 of any known sire ; and if he had been in the hands 

 of any man of spirit, it is not doubted but that he 

 would have made the capital horses of his time sub- 

 mit to his invariable powers, over The Beacon, or any 

 other course." An Irish breeder would not have 

 long doubted as to its being his duty to burn pow- 

 der on such a provocation. The great thing in 

 Young Snap's favour seems to be, that " he is a de- 

 cided master of twenty stone" a quality which 

 must have endeared him to the equestrian Daniel 

 Lamberts who rode a race over Knavesmire, about 

 that period, at thirty stone each ! Again, we are 

 called upon by others to note that <e judges consider" 

 their favourite's " substance to lye proper, so as not 

 to hinder action," or that " he is as perfect a horse 

 to get racing cattle as ever came into England." 

 One retires early from the turf; but the breeder is 

 advised to take comfort, as his inability to stand a 

 long training arose from " his off-hip being struck 

 down before his birth;" while "a sagacious and 

 powerful colt " did not prosper in the trainer's hands 

 simply because " he was left to the care of a lad of 

 feather, and spoiled by getting the ascendant." Then 

 there is Sturdy, whom George III., of blessed pig- 

 tail memory, rode while he was at the stud a " most 

 proper horse," as his owner pbserves. Age is evi- 

 dently of no account, as we read o one of " twenty- 

 three ^rfiiars old, in full-toned virility, possessed of in- 

 stinct in a superior degree, and, withal, a genuine 

 spirit !" Tantrum's owner soars still higher into 

 the regions of fancy. He supposes the owner of a 

 mare, who has just seen the Tantrum, studiously 



