CHAPTER IV. 



HORSES {continued.)] 



In handicaps tbe woi^lits are always made the 

 seapegoait for every conceivable discrepancy, simply 

 because there is little else to fall back upon. Noth- 

 ing can be more Illogical, because it is not in handi- 

 caps alone that a solution is to be found. You have 

 only to take the weight-for-age races and turn thoni 

 into handicaps, on the basis of handicap rales, be- 

 fore they are rim, and tlicn see for yourself how 

 they come out after the races are over. If this does 

 not convince yoa of the fallacy of the principle upon 

 which handicaps are framed you will be incapable 

 of conviction in matters of racing, however sound 

 an argument may h'.\ 



Take the tunning in the Derby .and the St. 

 Leger last year, and apply the test to those races. 

 Jeddah won the Derby with something in hand 

 by three-qnartcrs of a length, and the performance 



