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ones, they are well arched in their ribs, they are 

 wide over their loins, and rather straight in their 

 carcasses ; if they are not too leggy, they can 

 come almost any racing lengths under moderate 

 weights; they have generally good speed, and 

 are pleasant horses to train. They are termed 

 in the stables " the hearty ones." 



The third class are those of delicate constitu- 

 tions: they are, generally speaking, much too 

 lengthy in their constitutional points, as well as 

 in their speedy ones; if they are deep in their 

 girths, they are more or less straight in their 

 ribs, that is, their ribs are not sufficiently well 

 arched; they are often long in their backs, nar- 

 row over their loins, very straight or light in their 

 carcasses, and are high upon their legs. For want 

 of more space in the former of these essential 

 parts, and less length in the latter of them, they 

 are but very middling race horses. It is true 

 they have good speed, but they are almost in- 

 variably great jades; the shorter their races are 

 the better they like them, as they cannot run 

 but short lengths. Newmarket is the most likely 

 place to do any good with them. Their being 

 easily alarmed, either in or out of the stables. 



