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vide for horses rolHing-— Hunt horses, too— Character 

 of 'Place required— Directions— Buyers forewarned 

 as to selection of horses— (Spinal strengith— Well- 

 developed dock— Exception rare . . . 9-15 



CHAPTER III. 



HORSES. 



Career when puiblished— Topic of horses— Pedigree 

 —Racing- opinions, how regarded— Quesition of 2 lb. 

 weight— Genuine and falsely run races— 'One run 

 or dash' method of racing— Admiral Rous on the 

 principles of handicapping— Horses run fastest 

 when carrying biggest burden— Reputafion for dis- 

 tances— Six furlong horses— Two-year-olds at Ep- 

 som and Ascot — Racing governed by gradient— 

 Jeddah in the Derby and St. Lege r— Eccentricities 

 in running 16-24 



CHAPTER IV. 



HORSES (continued). 



Fallacy in handicaps— Weight-for-age races when 

 turned into handicaps— Adaptabiliity of horses for 

 gradients— On different ground— Mixture of horses 

 in training slaibles- Why horses do not win races- 

 Supposed 'bad' horses— 'Mannerisms' of horses— 

 •Horses for eourses' ..... 25-30 



CHAPTER V. 



HORSES (continued). 



Dissimilanity in running of horses — ^Wind or lung 

 capacity— Running distance a cultivated art— When 

 £50 plateis and four-mile heats existed^Stayir)^ 



