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of ten is the fact when a horse does not win he could 

 not go fast enough. Having this truth firmly fixed on 

 our minds as to the horse in question, we did not 

 trouble him with another chance in the same kind of 

 race, but run him the four miles, and now wish to try 

 what most contributed to his winning that. He ran 

 the four miles with 9st. at a certain pace ; we put 

 another stone on him, and find he made the time very 

 little more, or not nearly so much so as the additional 

 weight would lead us to expect. We then made a 

 third trial, taking a stone off the original weight 

 (8st.) : he now runs under 7st., and we find he does 

 not improve in pace commensurate with the lighter 

 weight. Now this is something like proof that it is 

 his power of carrying weight that made him win his 

 first race ; and his decided forte is, that, though not 

 fast, he can under high weight go such a pace as can 

 cut down his horses in a length ; and such a horse 

 will generally pay his way, put money in his master's 

 pockets, and a handsome addition of plate on his side- 

 board. 



But if, on the other hand, in our three trials we 

 had found that the putting on the additional stone and 

 taking one off had made a very great difference in his 

 pace, we should come to the conclusion that game, 

 wind, and stamina enabled him to win his first race, 

 and not his particular powers as to weight, for with 

 the additional stone he would have been beat. Still 

 this is a good useful horse, but by no means likely to 

 be so profitable a one to go on with as the other ; for 

 in most cases the longer the race the greater is the 

 weight put on, and of course the older he grows the 

 more he must carry : and beyond a certain weight we 

 have found this horse wanting. Such a horse would 



