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ence in his going his preliminary canter up the course, 

 whether he had seven, eight, or even nine stone on 

 his back ; but when at his full extent, for the last few 

 hundred yards, a stone would just make the differ- 

 ence between winning easy or being nowhere. Weight 

 is in itself the same everywhere as regards its gravity, 

 call the weight what you will; but, figuratively 

 speaking, twelve stone in Hertfordshire is near four- 

 teen in Leicestershire, as regards its effects. I quite 

 believe that some horses, who have peculiar powers 

 as regards carrying weight, would not be seen much 

 forwarder with twelve stone on them than with near 

 fourteen ; but this would arise from their want of 

 speed, not from the little consequence of weight. A 

 very slow horse can but go a certain pace ; if he were 

 turned loose, he would only go with more ease to 

 himself ; but, in a very fast one, the effects of weight 

 shew themselves at once — the weight distresses him, 

 the pace the other. The great advantage of fast horses 

 is, they are distressed by weight only, and the pace 

 not telling on them, they get along under high weight 

 in sometimes a wonderful way ; while the slow one 



