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" ideal " race-horse, i.e., the horse that can both stay and 

 go fast, and stand the " wear and tear " of training as long 

 as did that popular favourite " Dean Swift." The various 

 essentials that have to be united and co-ordinated before this 

 happy consummation can be realised are in the author's 

 humble opinion the following : 



1. An " ideal " breeder-owner, i.e., one who is 



wealthy enough to be able to " wait and see," 

 and courageous enough sometimes to leave the 

 beaten track and boldly strike out on a course of 

 his own. 



2. An " ideal " stud farm " ideally " managed. 



3. " Ideal " management of sires, mares, and young 



stock, which latter includes late weaning of foals 

 and abstention from two-year-old-racing. 



4. Careful breaking and " mouthing" by a trainer 



who insists on his lads sitting on their horses 

 instead of crouching, and who " puts up " 

 jockeys who model their style on that of Tom 

 Cannon, John Osborne, and the late George 

 Fordham. 



On some such lines as these will be produced " ideal " 

 race-horses of a calibre to delight the hearts of the most 

 ambitious breeder and the most enthusiastic Stud Groom. 



