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tried them to be very superior, has plenty of 

 money to back himself on, and has his own pri- 

 vate trainer and jockey, he should, agreeably to 

 the articles or rules of the different meetings, 

 in due time engage his colts or fillies deeply; 

 for the greater number of good things they are 

 engaged in, the greater probability there will 

 be of their paying their owner : but he must take 

 care, in the entering of them, not to let their 

 engagements follow so closely in succession as to 

 cause them to be too much abused, or they will 

 win but few races. 



