116 FLAT-RACING EXPLAINED. 



future to witness our eherislied national sport 

 reach a higher standard of excellence than in all 

 branches we have enjoyed hitherto. 



The system of "tracl^ riding" to which I have re- 

 ferred was, no doubt, designed for courses of a very 

 different character to those we have in this country. 

 Its special purpose was to accomplisli a high rate 

 of speed on a level course, and I thinly it is very 

 much open to question if the system itself was ever 

 intended for any other than a level course. 



Originally it must have been a matter for very 

 serious consideration whether the "track riding" 

 system was adaptable to grass courses as we have 

 them. However, events have shown, and will con 

 tinue to show, that it is not only adaptable to every 

 kind of course we have, but that it really supplies 

 a much needed Improvement upon our own system 

 of race-riding. 



