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have supposed that racing men would 

 breed horses of stamina, when it had 

 been demonstrated that the " sons of 

 stout stallions" could not win a stake 

 against " liohter bred horses." Althouo^h 

 such is the fact, it proves, so far as 

 the racer is concerned, that we are not 

 breeding the stout animals our grand- 

 fathers did, and for the simple reason 

 that the demand creates the supply for 

 light-bred animals ; and this and such 

 continued system of breeding directly 

 tends to produce animals deficient in 

 stamina, and militates against the propa- 

 gation of stout stallions capable of im- 

 proving our coarser breeds. 



The introduction of short courses for short courses 



promote the 



vouno^ animals has produced these evils, creation of 



•^ <^ ^ ' horses 



and the Mephistophiles of the gambling ^t^^^^^ '"^ 



