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cases this no doubt was, and is, necessary. Such a 

 course of preparation does not, however, by any 

 means agree with every horse, and not a few races 

 are won nowadays by animals that have scarcely 

 ever galloped the full distance they will have to 

 cover in the race. Horses must gallop fast at times 

 to get thoroughly fit, but it is a bad thing to make 

 their regular work too arduous, and if I am 

 fortunate enough to have a really good horse, I like 

 him to be led by something a good bit his inferior, 

 so that the superior animal feels that he could at 

 any time overtake the leader without an effort. 

 Of course, a horse that is not speedy enough to win 

 good-class races may be quite speedy enough to lead 

 a good gallop. 



It is necessary to jump the two-year-olds off 

 now and then, in order to get them accustomed 

 to the business of starting, and if the boys wear 

 silk jackets so much the better, as young horses 

 are very observant, and it is well to accustom 

 them to racing attire. A forward yearling may be 

 occasionally tried ; I do not mean on several 

 occasions, but you may now and then have 

 one that you think a gallop will not hurt. This 

 was frequently done in former years, but seldom 

 nowadays in my experience, and it is very rarely 

 judicious. I have, indeed, known some horses 



