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as usual, and forget the little bustle they have 

 been engaged in. 



It will now be advisable after a week or ten 

 days to put into one and the same class the win- 

 ner of the trial of the colts and the winner of 

 the trial of the fillies, and such other colts or 

 fillies of each class as were struggling near the 

 head, or were tolerably well placed, for another 

 trial. This trial will not only decide the dif- 

 ference between the colts and the fillies, but 

 which is the best of the year out of the whole 

 produce. 



Supposing the trial to take place on a small 

 scale, as where a breeder is breeding from four or 

 five mares, the produce of which will, of course, 

 consist of both colts and fillies; these, as far as 

 regards the trying of them, may be tried together 

 in one class; and, according as they are placed 

 in the concluding of the trial, the groom will 

 judge of the speed each may possess. 



We now come to speak of what may be consi- 

 dered a good trial, which is that of any colt or 

 filly singling itself out from a strong field of young 

 ones, by taking the lead immediately from the 



