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than the whole of them for it. But, if there 

 should be too much running made for our horse, 

 and he should be beat for pace before he comes 

 within his own rally, take a pull, and decline 

 the race; do not attempt running for a place. 

 In short, if we cannot be first pretty cleverly, it 

 is most likely we cannot be second; and, if we 

 could, it is a bad place, as it only exposes one's 

 horse; and, as the entrance money, in this in- 

 stance, is scarcely worth saving, we will not abuse 

 or punish our horse to save it." These are much 

 such orders as should be given by trainers to 

 their jockeys, when they are about to ride mode- 

 rate runners or thorough-bred horses, or pretty 

 good half-bred ones; as such a description of 

 horses do sometimes meet, and, to make sport, 

 they are engaged to run together, in a match, for 

 a plate or stakes, at some one country meeting. 

 But we shall shortly have to describe the very 

 nice, and most advantageous manner for jockeys 

 to ride such horses as may be heavily engaged, or 

 such of the young ones as the two or three years 

 olds, that may have to come out to run for those 

 valuable stakes at Newmarket, Epsom, and Don- 

 caster, on which the betting makes it so well 

 worth while to take the necessary pains to bring 

 a horse out to run in his very best form. 



