MECHANICS APPLIED 

 TO THE RACE HORSE. 



(Une Foulee de Galop de Course.) 



SECOND EDITION. 



Preface to the Second Edition. 



WHEN " Une Foulee de Galop de Course " appeared 

 in 1909, our little pamphlet immediately found 

 partisans and detractors : it pleased and it dis- 

 pleased. A number of horsemen and hippologists did not 

 hesitate to tell the author of the pleasure they had expe- 

 rienced in finding a convincing reply to the troublesome 

 question they often had asked themselves, " Why is it that 

 there has been such a modification in a breed perfected 

 by selection for two hundred years by tests at the gallop, 

 a gait essentially that of the saddle horse; vi^hy does this 

 breed differ so manifestly from the model of the saddle 

 horse?" 



The sporting press, on the contrary, and all those who 

 consider that the prosperity of racing is a sign that its 

 progress is in the right direction, made many reservations 

 in their appreciation and, while promising to discuss in 

 detail the various arguments advanced in the pamphlet, 

 entrenched themselves behind a tradition still respected, 

 since for two centuries, all the efforts of breeders had 

 had for object the production of a Derby or St. Leger 



