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made to come for the above length in as short a 

 thne as he possibly can without being over 

 marked, and to have been so evenly and gradu- 

 ally well rated by the jockey as to have nothing 

 more left in him in the way of running. The 

 proper pace our jockey will be easily able to 

 manage, as he has ridden all the horses in the 

 establishment, both in public and in private, and 

 knows well the best pace they can come in 

 their different lengths. Now the head lad, 

 Charles, and the two boys, Sam and Bill, 

 whom we have described as having to ride in 

 the trial, know pretty well from experience 

 what they are going about. The two latter are 

 fully aware that they are to get the colts they 

 ride well away from the start with the trial horse, 

 and that they are to stay with him in the trial as 

 long as they can, and to beat him as far as they 

 can ; but they know also that they are not to do 

 either the one or the other of those things at the 

 expense of abusing their colts, by persevering too 

 much with them, or by having recourse to too 

 severe means, as that of spurring or striking 

 them unnecessarily. 



After what has just been said of the knowledge 

 of the jockey, the head lad, and the two boys, we 



