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will present any difficulty in carrying them 

 out ; but I am sure, before you agree, you 

 would like to argue about the top doors 

 open. Many of my Newmarket friends 

 argued that this is impossible in winter, and 

 almost refused to believe that I stuck to it 

 during cold wet nights. They told me that 

 if I did I could not expect to have my two- 

 year-olds ready before the autumn. Well, 

 as I had my witnesses to prove, my horses 

 never had their top doors closed ; and when 

 I was argued with this way, I could only say, 

 " Wait and see." As those of you know who 

 follow racing matters closely, the Brocklesby 

 Stakes run for in March at Lincoln is the 

 first big two-year-old race. It is a race that 

 every trainer likes to win. I won it this 

 year for Lady de Bathe with Footguard, who 

 never knew what it was to be in a closed-up 

 box till he left me. 



I may add that, in all the years I have 

 been training, I have had 50 per cent, of my 

 two-year-old charges out and under colours — 

 many of them winning colours, too — before 



