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morandum of the precise weight of each. Having 

 ascertained their exact weights, he has next to 

 calculate how much each will require to make up 

 the proper weight for the particular horse he 

 may be going to ride in the trial, and this is 

 done by means of his loaded saddles and trusses, 

 all of which should be privately marked accord- 

 ing to the weight of each. (For the method of 

 making racing saddles and trusses, and the va- 

 rious occasions on which they are to be used, 

 see Vol. I. p. 216). 



Some of my readers may perhaps be of opinion, 

 that the secrecy I have recommended on this as 

 upon many other occasions is quite unnecessary, 

 especially in a private trial ; but a very slight 

 acquaintance with the turf will convince them of 

 the propriety of these precautions. In the third 

 volume I shall have to describe a still more se- 

 cret method of making up the weights of the 

 riders, when we come to try the horses of all 

 ages; and more particularly so, when public 

 jockeys are put up to ride horses that may be 

 engaged in any very great match or stakes, and 

 which horses may be standing to be trained at a 

 public racing establishment. 



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