2i8 TRYING YEARLINGS. 



starting-post, and, from superiority of speed, get- 

 ting an unreasonable length in front of all the 

 others, and maintaining this sort of speed the 

 whole of the way to the winning-post, so that 

 the other yearlings in the trial are not only un- 

 able to catch such colt or filly, but to stop at 

 the pace in any part of the running. We shall 

 suppose that two of the yearlings out of the 

 twelve we tried were thus advantageously placed 

 in the trial on passing the winning-post, and that 

 one of the two was three or four lengths in front 

 of the other, which, of course, we shall hereafter 

 consider as our best colt. This is what may be 

 considered a good trial, and one indeed of some 

 importance to the owner; no matter what en- 

 gagement such colt or filly may be entered into, 

 as this is but a secondary consideration with the 

 owner. His first object is to keep this matter a 

 profound secret, and how this may be done shall 

 be spoken of hereafter. 



We will now suppose another case, as a man 

 breeding from a single mare, and that he is de- 

 sirous of trying her produce as a yearling, being 

 aware that a colt or filly bred as above does occa- 

 sionally turn out to be of so superior a cast, as at 

 two or three years old to win some of the most 



