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who asked him, with regard to the increase of roar- 

 ing in this country, if he thought that such might be 

 due to the encouragement of short-distance races : 

 11 I think certainly it is likely to be an element. It 

 is worth consideration." On this same interesting 

 branch of the question Professor Brown said, in 

 reply to the Duke of Portland (the chairman), that 

 the great number of short races we have in which 

 the horse has to go through a great amount of 

 exertion in jumping off and running at the top of 

 his speed for five furlongs is quite likely to develop 

 any tendency which the animal had to roaring. 

 This, more than if he had to run for a long distance, 

 than if he were allowed time to settle down to his 

 work, and get the respiratory organs accustomed to 

 the extra exertion. I give the question and answer 

 which follow word for word. 



4 u Therefore you think that short races have a 

 tendency to make roarers ?" " Yes, you might say 

 they certainly have that tendency, but the mischief 

 they do I think is still more pronounced in the 

 direction which I have suggested, namely, that they 

 render it less necessary to have horses of great 

 staying power, which is certainly one of the first 

 necessities for breeding a sound race." 



1 Dr. George Fleming, C.B., principal veterinary 

 surgeon to the army, in reply to Sir Jacob Wilson, 

 said he thought the encouragement of two-year-old 

 stakes has tended very seriously to interfere with 

 the development of horses. They are raced too 

 young. He was of opinion that "" short-distance 



