CHAPTER XIII. 



TIME {continued.) 



As there are no two courses exactly alike any- 

 where in this country, I do not suggest that the 

 relative running of horses upon them can be demon- 

 strated with positive accuracy. It happens, how- 

 ever, that the running on the ground of the Rowley 

 Mile at Newmarket and at Kempton show results 

 somewhat similar. 



A performance on both these well known and 

 popular battle grounds should be mentioned in St. 

 Frusquin, a most reliable runner, and perhaps as 

 game a horse as was ever saddled. I had St. Frus- 

 quin under the watch a good many times, with sat- 

 isfactory results, bar his race at Kempton, wlien 

 he was placed second to Teufel. How that came 

 about I am not prepared to say. I can only state 

 the facts, and at the same time add that I have 

 looked upon that result as the most disastrous of 



