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A. majority of those I am acquainted with would be en- 

 titled to the knife " Simon Suggs " carried so long, and 

 there is not one that would divert attention from the su- 

 perior beauty of the horse he sits behind. If the judges 

 would insist on the warming-up being done before the 

 time for starting which should be punctually kept and 

 not allow the drivers to go above the three in five distance 

 to score, place a steward there to marshal them, and in 

 case of not getting the word, compel them to pull their 

 horses up in a certain specified distance, the annoyance 

 would be greatly modified. This would bring the interval 

 between heats nearly to the time the rule gives, would 

 meet the hearty approbation of the spectators, and greatly 

 increase the attendance at races. 



PUPIL. You have not yet informed me of the reasons 

 why you wanted Never Mind to make the short brush ; 

 and, also, why you required him to be pulled up when he 

 had passed the stand. 



PKECEPTOB. My object was to notice how he breathed 

 when the lungs were first required to act a great deal 

 faster than they had been accustomed to. I also wanted to 

 witness the expirations and inspirations, and try if I could 

 obtain any additional light into the cause of the cough, 

 which you ascribe to a slight irritation of the glottis. I 

 think, from his not showing any undue labor in breathing, 

 that your conjecture is right. If it arises from a chronic 

 disease of the lungs there would have been more abdomi- 

 nal labor in the expirations. The brush was so short that 

 healthy lungs would not show any want of power to per- 

 form the task required of them ; but restricted as they were 

 by fat, any organic defect would have been apparent. The 

 day before sweating I always like to give fast work in pro- 

 portion to the condition of the animal to perform it. I 

 think that the lungs being called into action at that time, 

 is favorable to the exertion of them in the sweat, and no 



