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in the back of the horse. And not only is the stride 

 shortened the more the horse pulls, and an increased 

 distance of ground lost, but the pressure caused by 

 the leverage becomes equivalent to more than 

 doubling the weight otherwise to be carried. 



It is a fact that horses exhaust the more quickly 

 as the pressure against the curve in the back is 

 enforced, by the waste of energy that necessarily is 

 created. 



There is nothing so detrimental to success in rac- 

 ing, as Lord Durham said, as "waste of energy." 

 Upon this point, I very strongly recommend jockeys 

 to ascertain for themselves what the loss of an 

 inch or two in a horse's stride amounts to at the end 

 of a race, say at all racing distances. 



It is a simple arithmetical calculation that obvi- 

 ously will be of the greatest possible value to them. 



As the length horses stride in tlieir gallop differs 

 so very materially, my calculation can only be 

 based on average. However, taking it at that, it 

 may be safely put that for evevi/ inch a horse loses 

 in his stride in a race of five furlongs he will be a 

 length in arrear, and will consequently liave a 

 length, or it may be many lengths, to make up at 

 the finish. Races at longer distances increase pro- 

 portionately, except in the case of a very sliort- 

 striding horse, when the loss will b3 greater. 



