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than Georgic did the same distance in the Prince 

 Edward Handicap last September. In point of dis- 

 tance, this would be eight lengths as nearly as pes 



sible. 



Of course, upon this there is the question of 

 weights, to which race-goers in general attach so 

 very much importance. Workington carried on the 

 first occasion 7 st. 9 lb., and on the second 7 st. 12 

 lb., being a difference of 3 lb. only. Georgic car- 

 ried 7 St. 4 lb., or, say, 7 lb. in favor of the latter 

 mare. That this made any difference, or would 

 have made any difference, supposing Georgic had 

 carried 7 st. 12 lb., I cannot suggest as likely for a 

 moment. 



It is an incontestable fact, strange as it may 

 seem, and contrary as it may be to the prevailing 

 idea, that, with few exceptions, all horses run their 

 fastest races, under the watch, when they carry the 

 heaviest weight. A notable instance of it was in 

 tlie case of Amphion, a splendid miler and a first- 

 class horse into the bargain, when in training some 

 few years ago. The fastest race he ran during his 

 career was when he had 10 st. 3 lb. on his back. 



Best Man was another horse that ran under tlie 

 same conditions. Why he should have been set 

 down as of the ]Melton tribe I never could make out, 

 for every characteristic the horse possessed, from 

 his head to his heels, was that of Ormonde. Again, 



