ClIAI'TKK III. 



HORSES. 



I f tbe interest which people take in the thorough- 

 bred is great in the matter of character and pedi- 

 gree, it is yet enhanced by their doings on a race 

 course. In this respect everj^ particular is eagerly 

 scrutinized and dilated upon, from the time he 

 leaves the breeders' hands to take his place in the 

 string under the trainer's charge, in his daily work 

 on the gallops, till he shall have completed his rec- 

 ord, for good or for evil, and quitted the post for the 

 paddock. One can only realize this by supposing 

 a work to be published containing every detail that 

 finds its way into print during the career of a single 

 horse that has found favor with the public, and one 

 may picture books as big as the "London Directory" 

 to grace one's library shelves, and perhaps a place as 

 big as Olympia to store them in, in the few yearS 

 one may number by the fingers on one's hands. 



