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ever, the public are not so blind, anel so unintelli- 

 gent, as not to know tliat persons having the man- 

 agement of race meetings are naturally desirous of 

 providing spectacle, as obviously nothing pays like 

 spectacular effect. In a word, nobodj expects 

 them to be oblivious to the gleams of sunshine on 

 their prosperity and progress created by the pres- 

 ence of moneyed people, and so to speak the gather- 

 ing of the clans that money begets, for that would 

 not be human nature. 



But, labor as much as they will in the cause of 

 outward show, even clerks of courses cannot afford 

 to allow the working of the great racing machine 

 to be left as a duty for humbler mortals to fulfil. 

 It is clearly their duty to make known, by giving 

 published details, of what their courses consist. 

 Let them set out fully and distinctly everything the 

 public have a right to know about the "ups and 

 downs." Every gradient in every course should be 

 shown, and the actual measurements so set out that 

 no difficulty would be experienced in ascertaining 

 Ihe level, and the distances at the level^ between 

 starting and winning posts. 



Surface measurements, except on a strictly level 

 course, not being actual running distances, every 

 stated distance for which a race is to be run, it is 

 jinperative, should be given as measured at the 

 J^vel. I have said "imperative," because not only 



