THE RACE HORSE. 7 



when his speed as a young one, in the running of 

 short lengths, may in some degree have left him, 

 he afterwards becomes stout, and will, most likely, 

 be capable of running under high weights, as' 

 twelve stone for example, for any of his Majesty's 

 plates, at long racing lengths, as from two to 

 four miles ; which weights and lengths are still in 

 use at some of our country racing meetings. Tall 

 horses are those from sixteen hands to sixteen 

 and a half, or seventeen hands high, most of 

 which are bred in the south. 



Of course, such horses are bred so over-sized 

 for no other purpose than to go into those great 

 stakes run for at Newmarket, as the two thou- 

 sand, the Riddlesworth, and other valuable stakes 

 and matches, almost all of which are run for over 

 straight courses of short lengths, as across the 

 Flat at Newmarket; the very high state of con- 

 dition into which such horses are brought to post 

 at two and three years old, enables them to run for 

 those valuable prizes at the above named place; 

 and from hence to Epsom, to run for the Derby 

 and Oaks; again from Epsom to Ascot — which 

 latter place has now become, from the very liberal 

 patronage of his late Majesty, one of the most 

 pleasing and respectable racing meetings we have 



