CONTENTS. xi 



PAGE 



powers V. muscular powers— Result of 'waiting' in 

 races— Hig-h speed— How to recharge tiie lungs 

 wirth air— Short-distance horses can be raced over 

 longer distances— Victor Wild as a cup horse— All- 

 round horses— La F16che— Performances unsur- 

 passed during present century— Suggestion as to 

 skeleton being preserved in the cause of anatomical 

 science ...... 31-36 



CHAPTER VI. 



OWNERS A>D TRAINERS. 



Character of duties of a trainer— Ait home and away 

 —His Obligations to Ms employers— ^Management 

 of horses— StaJble secrets— 'Sensitive horses— The re- 

 sults of mistakes in training — What happens in 

 cases such as Ingeibrigt— The effects of racing on 

 wrong gr'adients— Want of skill dn the placing of 

 horses— Owners' mistakes— Trainers' blunders— Ill- 

 placed horses in races- The result— High and low 

 »peea ....... 57-45 



CHAPTER VII. 



JOCKEYg. 



When they do not win— Much belauded when they do 

 —The art of race-riding— Fordham and Archer— 

 The American jockeys Simims and Rieff — Scientific 

 iMing— Racing opinion of It— Sloan rides to time- 

 Sea^ on the withers— <Style and method of riding- 

 fully explained — Curve in horse's back— (How it can 

 be seen — Recoil in horse's stride— 'How 'recoil' af- 

 fects speed-^Horses that 'dwell' in their stride- 

 Origin explained— Beaten horses— What is speed?— 

 The effect of air in horses' lungs— Lung^ capacity 



