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that, having done very Httle work at Fmdon, 

 where he was tramed by old John B. Day, he 

 would not get half-way. To the astonishment of 

 both owner and trainer, Oulston won the Vase in 

 a canter, and before night Mr Padwick sold him 

 to Mr Elwes for 6500 guineas, who sent him to 

 Danebury. At York August Races Oulston was 

 brought out to oppose Wild Dayrell for the Ebor 

 St Leger, the latter carrying 6 lb. extra for win- 

 ning the Derby. It was notorious that Wild 

 Dayrell pulled up lame after the Derby, and 

 having a bad leg he had done little or no work 

 before meeting Oulston at York. Infirm and un- 

 trained, however, as he was, the extra 6 lb. did 

 not prevent his giving Oulston a stone beating, 

 as in two months the latter had become a con- 

 firmed roarer, and almost worthless. 



I have no hesitation, as the result of my long 

 experience, in saying that more horses are ruined 

 by over-training than in any other way. To assist 

 Nature is all that a trainer can effect ; but to im- 

 pose a greater strain on a horse than Nature can 

 bear, is to defeat the purpose for which the animal 

 is put into training. When I add that every horse 

 requires to be trained in a difierent way — the dif- 

 ference being sometimes grave and sometimes in- 

 finitesimal — it will be seen what observation, at- 

 tention, and vigilance a trainer must exercise who 

 has one hundred horses under his care. Another 

 fatal mistake often perpetrated is to get a horse 



