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and tear of her severe two year old running had commenced, 

 and though she rose high in the odds for the Leger, it was 

 finally declared that CrucifFx was lame, nor is it thought 

 that she will ever " come again." 



Crucifix certainly did more, in less time, than any horse 

 that ever yet appeared upon the English Turf, having run 

 twelve races within as many months, without having been 

 once beaten, and won ten thousand two hundred and eighty- 

 seven pounds in public stakes alone. Surely that system of 

 Turf management and Training cannot be good, which thus 

 forces a superior animal so much beyond her strength, and 

 sends her a cripple to the stud at three years old ; sacrificed 

 ere she has reached the zenith of her age, by premature 

 abuse of her great powers. Much better in our humble 

 opinion were these things managed in "the days of old :" 

 when time was given for a horse to come to full maturity 

 before his speed was tested to its utmost, so that they grew, 

 year after year, alike in strength and fame. 



