344 TRYING TWO-YEAR OLDS. 



two stone one, two, three, or four pounds, varying 

 the odd pounds according to circumstances, as 

 whether the weights may be considered to be in 

 favour of the young ones or the old ones, and 

 which will depend on the length and difficulty of 

 the course, as well also as the season of the year, 

 whether in the spring, summer, or autumn. We 

 shall reserve our observations on the weights to 

 be carried by the four, five, and six year old 

 horses for the chapter on the subject of Trying 

 Horses of all Ages. 



We have stated the weights that two-year olds 

 have to carry when running with horses of all 

 ages, because, unless we try them at the weights 

 and lengths they will have to run according to 

 their year, we cannot accurately get at the truth 

 of what they all are, either as to speed or stout- 

 ness. To ascertain those facts, we must come to 

 rather a minute description of how our colts are 

 to be tried. The reader may not have forgotten 

 that we have already pointed out the great ad- 

 vantage which various noblemen and gentlemen 

 in this country possess in being the owners of ex- 

 tensive parks, where their horses may be trained 

 under their own eye. We will suppose, therefore, 

 that the boys and horses have now arrived, in the 



