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ter in compan.y than when .ak^ ; but I must ob- 

 serve that theyT^ to be classed, the horses in 

 one stable, and the mares in another, for reasons 

 I shall bye-and-bye explain. But should there 

 be a horse of this class a valuable good runner, 

 that may have met with some little abuse, either 

 from severity of contest or frequency of running, 

 such horse or mare (if happy alone) would of 

 course be much sooner refreshed by lying by 

 two or three weeks in a box, than by standing 

 in a stall all night and the greater part of the 

 day. 



The second class horses mostly run under 

 lighter weights and at shorter lengths than the 

 horses of the first ; those of them that are con- 

 sidered by their owners to be of sufficient 

 racing celebrity, are entered to run for the 

 lighter weighted King's plates or gold cups ; 

 and two or three of them now and then are 

 kept in reserve, to be entered into some good 

 stake or plate, with something handsome added. 

 When neither of these good things is to be 

 met with at a meeting at which such horses 

 may arrive, they are frequently, to help pay 

 expenses, if qualified, entered into any of the 

 weight for age county or town plates. The 



