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which is far greater than would be realised by any- 

 one who has not specially studied the subject. 

 Why is it, I have been asked, that the inside 

 horses, the horses nearest to the spectator, seem to 

 be going so much faster than those beyond ? 

 They certainly do so, and that is doubtless one 

 reason why the interested observer often feels con- 

 vinced that his horse has come with a rush and got 

 up, as just remarked. I will endeavour to illustrate 

 what I mean by a little diagram. 



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a and b are horses, X is the spectator. As he 

 looks to his right at the approaching animals a will 

 seem to be in front of b ; they come opposite 

 to him and b appears to have drawn exactly 

 level ; they pass, and he is convinced that b, 

 " going twice as fast," is clearly leading. Very 

 likely b will look to be a good length in front 

 when in reality from my box I perceive that a has 

 won by a neck ; if they continue exactly level and 

 pass me so inseparably that it is a dead-heat, our 



