THE HORSE. 85 



because the betting' ring exalts the price 



of yearhng blood stock. The price i" buying 



racing- stock 



realised at our public auction marts for "^J^"'^ ^^'' 



i chaser 



blood colts sixteen months old, by no has^found 



, . . . . , " the right 



means represents their mtrmsic value : thing." 

 they command large prices because pur- 

 chasers expect them to turn out Avinners, 

 and to be the means whereby to place 

 large sums on the right side of their 

 ledgers. 



The race-course acts as an adjuvant in 

 the production of horses, but in doing 

 so propagates only the racing class, one • 

 ill-adapted for general utility purposes, 

 and seldom good at any pace except 

 galloj)ing, a movement seldom required 

 for the carriage or van horse, and those 

 animals which assist in our everyda}' 

 traffic. 



