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even attempt to come until the corner of 

 the enclosure rails." 



Kesult : At the point indicated the horse 

 comes with one run, and going twice as 

 fast as anything in the race, is beaten half 

 a length ! There was not time for him to 

 get up. 



" Never mind how hot they try to make 

 it for you, come right through." In strict 

 obedience to orders the rider came right 

 through : the pace was a tremendous one, 

 and his horse was beaten off a hundred yards, 

 when, by regulating his tactics according to 

 surrounding circumstances, things might have 

 been entirely different. At all events, a 

 week later the defeated animal beat his 

 conqueror, and the one that finished third 

 to him over the same distance, and at the 

 same weights, within a pound or two. One 

 more example, and I have finished. 



" Don't let me see you in front till you 

 are over the last fence." The horse was a 

 hard puller, and very impetuous at his fences. 

 He was usually sent along in his races, and 



