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It is my business rather to look at facts as they are than to praise one tendency 

 or condemn another. Nothing is so dull as strict impartiality, and I have no doubt 

 that my personal predilections will be obvious to those who disagree with them ; 

 still, I would point out that they are merely accidental to my narrative, and not 

 in any degree to be taken as influencing my choice of material or authorities. 

 It is perfectly possible, for instance, to point out that racing men to-day are faced 

 with entirely different problems, and approach them with entirely different resources, 

 from those which our forefathers had. But this does not imply the superiority 



By ptt million of Mr. Somervtlle Tatlertall. 



" Matchem." 

 By W. Webb. 



either of the eighteenth or of the twentieth century in these matters. There is 

 a law of progress here, as in all living forms of sport, or at any rate a law of 

 growth ; and one of the most remarkable things about the whole history of the 

 English Turf is the rapidity with which that growth began. Compare the experiences 

 of any other country. For centuries the breed of Eastern animals we imported 

 with so much difficulty was at the easy disposal of European owners, and they 

 probably made still greater efforts to obtain it after its success had been so 

 conclusively proved in the British Islands. But they never succeeded, and they 

 have not succeeded yet. Every winner on an English racecourse which was 

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