CHAPTER II. 



DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THOROUGH-BRED HORSE 

 AND THK COCK-TAIL, AND THE MANNER OF 

 RUNNING ONE AGAINST THE OTHER. 



Why thorough-bred horses so far surpass half- 

 bred ones, is not only from the circumstance of 

 their being thorough-bred, but because they are 

 bred to race; consequently greater pains are 

 taken in selecting of the dams and sires of such 

 superior shape and make, with known good run- 

 ning properties, and kindness of temper, as may 

 be thought best to answer the purpose of in- 

 suring good stock to the breeder, as it is natu- 

 ral to conclude that the produce will, more or 

 less, inherit, either from their dams or sires, some 

 of the above-mentioned good qualities. If the 

 frame or bones of the blood horse be proportion- 

 ably well-formed, he will have a spacious capa- 



