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Rowley Mile Stand, she was observed to falter, 

 then swerve to the left, or near side, and momen- 

 tarily stop. With a bound, however, the mare was 

 in her stride again, and, renewing the struggle with 

 as it were a fresh start, she dashed past the post 

 full of running, winning comparatively in a canter. 

 To have done this tells how dead settled every other 

 horse in the race was, and the snail's pace at which 

 they w^ere going. 



Why did Rockdove stop? Why was it that at 

 the end of two and a quarter miles she was able to 

 finish so full of running, and as a question of form 

 accomplish a performance she was never equal to 

 either before or after during her career on the turf? 



The answers to these questions are necessarily 

 obvious. As in Peter's case, the mare was, at the 

 point where she stopped, equally settled, but acci- 

 dentally getting her lungs recharged, the previous 

 exertion was of little consequence, and she was 

 ready for another "burst" of one and a quarter 

 miles, probably as fresh as when she started. I 

 have said the fact of the mare getting air into her 

 lungs was "accidental," and I believe that to be so. 

 It cannot be said the method of riding by the jockey 

 contributed anything to invest the mare with new 

 running powers, except by accident, for so far our 

 jockeys even now have not acquired the art of 



