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autumn, at some such establishment, and are to 

 be stationary in the home stables for the winter, 

 and that there is no other racing establishment in 

 the neighbourhood sufficiently near to cause us to 

 entertain the slightest suspicion that we are to be 

 over-looked at any time that we may be trying 

 our horses. 



It will be remembered, that, in a preceding 

 chapter, we pretty well ascertained the character 

 of our two colts to be of a very superior cast, not 

 only when they were tried as yearlings, but also 

 when they were tried as early two-year olds ; and, 

 indeed, unless it was so, it would not be worth 

 our while to take the trouble of getting them 

 ready and trying them again. 



Now, we know our best colt to be a good one 

 in private, and that he has extraordinary speed. 

 Our second best colt has good speed, and is parti- 

 cularly stout. Notwithstanding we know this 

 much of both our colts, yet we cannot say we know 

 the end of either of them; that is, we are not 

 aware how fast or how long they can go; for, in 

 trying them in their own class as yearlings, we 

 found our best colt so very superior to the whole 

 of the twelve he was tried with, that, for him, it 



