12 FLAT-RACING EXPLAINED. 



the most studied part of a horse's frame, I regret to 

 say, by either breeders or buyers. If a colt has bone 

 below the kuee, and a seemingly powerful frame, 

 people are generally satisfied; but they forget that 

 very often there is a lack of power in the back and 

 loins to wield the strength and weight below, which 

 in such cases is only so much lumber. It is for this 

 reason that so many horses, looking to have great 

 power, tire so quickly, and never turn out good race- 

 horses. What these horses, I may add, endure 

 when efforts are made to develop their supposed 

 racing capabilities can only be imagined when it is 

 remembered they are never allowed to have re- 

 course to Nature's restorer, which would relieve 

 them at once, namely, to roll on their backs in the 

 same manner that grazing colts always do after a 

 bout of galloping, when something or other had set 

 them to do so. 



As I have mentioned in the pages devoted to 

 jockeys, in galloping, the back of a horse curves to 

 an extent to almost describe a half-circle, and there 

 can be no doubt that the natural desire a horse has 

 to roll after a severe gallop is prompted by natural 

 laws, and it is only our ignorance and want of 

 anatomical insight that have failed us in providing 

 for it. 



Why natural laws should be put aside in any om 



