HANDICAPPING. 843 



than any tiling else connected with it, especially in Eng- 

 land, where handicapping is much more general than in 

 this country. Without it, it is possible to make horse- 

 racing respectable ; with it, it will be more difficult than 

 ever to divorce it from the fraud and rascality which it is 

 said to foster. 



The speed of the best race-horses is from 13^ to 14 

 seconds per furlong, or from 1 m. 48 s. to 1 m. 52 s. per 

 mile. 



