LIGHT- AND HEAVY-WEIGHT HANDICAPS TABULATED. 197 



The Admiral, it will be seen, alleges that the trainers were 

 against the improvement. But if this were so, how came it 

 about that twenty-five of their number petitioned Lord Redes- 

 dale to have the standard raised ? a petition in which I am 

 confident more would have joined had they not been, like 

 myself, uninformed concerning its intended presentation. 

 But I will ask a question in support of my assertion. 

 " What races are more popular than heavy-weight handi- 



caps .'' 



The answer is, " None." To demonstrate this a 



comparison between the light and heavy-weight handicaps 

 is appended in a tabulated form.^ 



^ Handicaps for all ages, run for at Newmarket in the Houghton Meeting : — 



Nursery Handicaps ran for at Newmai-ket in the Houghton Meeting : — 



Number of Runners in 

 each Race in 1877. 



17 



15 



12 



15 



17 



9 



Idem 



23 



17 



17 



9 



20 



9 



Top Weight 

 in 1877. 



Bottom 



Weight it 



1877. 



St. lb. 



6 7 



6 10 



6 10 



7 2 



6 8 



7 8 



Average. 



