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pany too, for any racing length. The large- 

 sized horse, bred at the present day, is mostly 

 from sixteen to seventeen hands high. Horses of 

 the above size are generally engaged, at two and 

 three years old, to run rather short lengths, for a 

 few of the good things at Newmarket; and, as 

 the season advances, they (principally the three- 

 year olds) also run for other good things, at Ep- 

 som, Ascot Heath, Goodwood, York, and Doncas- 

 ter. From those horses being so very over-sized, 

 their length of stride is amazing; it is by their 

 stride when running that they tell out almost all 

 other horses that are lower in stature. These 

 very large-sized horses can seldom come but cer- 

 tain lengths, as from three quarters of a mile to 

 a mile and a half; which lengths generally suit 

 them best; when these horses are called upon to 

 come for the rally they can live in, in the finishing 

 of their races, their speed is tremendous, if the 

 ground is dry. But as such big horses are not 

 always so w^ell proportioned in their make as 

 the smaller ones, they cannot go so well through 

 dirt, as in their stride they pitch their feet, when 

 running, farther in the ground, if wet, than the 

 close-made horse that is more of a round goer. 

 Another thing is, those large, long-striding horses 

 cannot continue for so long a length at their best 



