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named ' White Rose ' that belonged to Mr. James 

 Barber, and she afterwards ran and won seven races 

 at two and three years of age. being then sold to go 

 to Brunswick, thus showing that early training in 

 some instances does not do any harm, or at any rate 

 not so much as people talk about, 



I am, however, not an advocate for going back 

 to yearling or early two-year-old racing, but only 

 wish to show that the early running of two-year-olds 

 (unless they are big overgrown horses) does not in- 

 terfere with their stamina to any great extent. Take, 

 for instance, 'The Bard.' He ran sixteen times as 

 a two-year-old, and, as I have said in another part of 

 my book, a little horse named ' Folkestone ' ran 

 fourteen times, while ' Thormanby ' also started in 

 the same number as a two-year-old. Of course, I 

 should not think of making it a rule to run all young 

 animals so early nor so often, and T only quote the 

 above instances to show that no benefit accrues by 

 bottling up young horses unless they are overgrown 

 or suffering from lameness or from some other ill 

 to which all animals are subject. We have more 

 instances of good horses running as two-year-olds 

 than we have of those that have been kept until 

 they are three before asking them the question. 

 Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, and 



