348 TRYING TWO-YEAR OLDS. 



the year previous have come second in running 

 with a good lot of horses for the Derby, and that 

 has been running on in public in good form 

 with those of his year, as well as with horses 

 of all ages. He has therefore, by his running 

 during the summer, proved himself to be a good 

 fair three-year old, and whom we have no reason 

 to suppose has gone back from his usual form. 

 By way of distinguishing him from the others, 

 we will call him " the old one," although he is but 

 three years old. 



In the early part of this chapter we mentioned 

 the weights yearlings and two-year olds carried, 

 and the lengths they ran when they were en- 

 gaged to run in their own separate classes; we 

 also gave the difference of the weights between 

 the two and three years old, whenever they had 

 to run with horses of all ages. The former, on 

 such occasions, giving to the latter from two 

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

 depending on the length of the course and the 

 M^eights the two-year olds have to carry, as from 

 six to seven stone, or seven stone two. But as 

 we are now about to try colts instead of running 

 them, we shall deviate from the above-mentioned 

 weights ; and it is to be recollected, that, although 



