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were so ordained. It became the order 

 of the day ; but these young animals were 

 unable to run the four-mile courses. It 

 was then suggested that the length of 

 the course should be reduced so that 

 the young animals could do the journey 

 without evincing symptoms of distress ; 

 it was reduced, and then it was thought 

 two year olds mitrht perform. They did ; The cruelty 



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but the distance proved too lono: for {"^^^^^^^^e 



^ a horses. 



them, and consequently courses little less 

 than half a mile, is a platform upon 

 which racing men delight to see their 

 too youthful animals perform. 



Our American brothers, imbued as they 

 are with the same love of horses as our- 

 selves, adhere in many respects to rhe 

 same principle our fathers adopted, "by 

 breeding only from stallions which could 



