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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Scene at Newmarket 



while the formation of fat and of ligaments 

 betw'een the muscles and the tendons is checked 

 as much as possible. For the same reasons the 

 horse receives but a moderate though substan- 

 tial amount of food. This regimen is naturally 

 a test of the animal's strength ; many of them 

 succumb under it. 



The jockeys train themselves in very much 

 the same way. They present, like their horses, 



a spare appearance, lean and skinny, but agile 

 and vigorous, — an appearance not seen out- 

 side racing stables. On the other hand, good 

 jockeys can feather their nests so well that 

 they soon bid adieu to saddles and starvation, 

 and pass the rest of their lives in pretty villas, 

 where they at once recover their plumpness. 

 Betting is inse]3arable from a race course, and 

 is often the cause of swindling. It frequently 



The Race Won 



