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thing, and I had hopes of winning to the last, or I should 

 have pulled him up. 



PRECEPTOR. It was well that you kept going, as your 

 antagonist also exhibited signals of distress, and the horse 

 that was saved on the last half mile will now hope to win, 

 which will give us a better chance. If these two will 

 only make fight for this next heat, we will win the race 

 yet. 



PUPIL. I am afraid they will not, as they are evidently 

 in collusion. As you could see, one horse was driven at 

 me for the half mile, when his driver pulled him to the 

 outside, allowing the horse that was trailing to come up, 

 without trotting round the other. This was a great saving 

 to the winner of the heat, and not having been pushed, 

 he could make this brush at the turn, where he lapped me 

 with impunity. Perhaps the sherry will revive Never 

 Mind so that he can win this next heat. Is it not time 

 that we were giving it to him ? 



PRECEPTOR. It would be, if I intended to give it this 

 *ieat. But I think there is a better plan to follow. We 

 mil lay him up this heat, and allow the others* to struggle 

 for mastery, and before the next, we will give him the 

 timulus. By dropping him inside the distance, he will 

 partially recover, and then, with the aid of the sherry, I 

 think he will trot the fifth heat nearly as fast as he did the 

 third, which will be sure to win. I am confident that 

 both parties are anxious to win, and while they would 

 " double team " on you, as soon as they think your chances 

 are out, will endeavor to gain the race from each other. 

 Never Mind will go comparatively at his ease, when he 

 has the benefit of the eight seconds which he can avail 

 himself of. To get the full benefit, you will have to be 

 very careful to lose the ground gradually. In going the 

 sixteen hundred and sixty yards while the others are mak- 

 ing the mile, it will be as well for you to be within twenty 



