TIME. 105 



time by 4 secouds. Now, if the 4 soconds arc com- 

 puted to represent ten lengths in each case, there 

 is yet the question of the 4 lb, difference in weight 

 in favor of Best Man's time in the Okl Cambridge- 

 shire, and upon this hypothesis, assuming these 

 two animals were about to be handicapped for a 

 third race to be brought off at precisely the same 

 distance on a level course, I ask what possible 

 weights could be assigned to give each a fair 

 chance? At what conceivable weights, on the prin- 

 ciple of handicapping according to recognized rules, 

 could Best Man be made to beat Georgic on a level 

 course, and, vice versa, Georgic to beat Best Man 

 on a course having a steep incline? 



Problematical as this may appear, it is worthy, 

 in the interest of racing, of the highest considera- 

 tion. Of course, it is understood I have introduced 

 the running of Best Man (the horse being a reliable 

 public performer) in order to show of what relative 

 form consists, on ground so well known as are the 

 two Cambridgeshire courses to every race-goer. 



The puzzle, if there is a puzzle in it, is the run- 

 ning of Georgic in the Old Cambridgeshire. Rela- 

 tively gauged, as I have shown, there was a differ- 

 ence of 8 seconds between her form here and that 

 which took place in the Cambridgeshire two days 

 previously. Much less than 8 seconds would have 



