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and underwent no trainins^ until he was seven 

 years of age ; Goldsmith Maid and Lady Thorn 

 were eight years old before they were intro- 

 duced to the trotting track. 



Now having enumerated these facts (taken 

 from the celebrities of the American trottins^ 

 turf), which apply equally to hunting as to 

 racing, may I ask, is it common sense to gallop 

 a colt when a yearling, to train and race him 

 as a two-year-old, and get him screwed and 

 useless except for breeding purposes when he 

 is three or four years old, thus doing away with 

 a long course of excellence and utility ? How 

 many colts ever see a race- course after they 

 are three or four years old, whilst those that 

 are able to gallop at five or six years of age 

 are looked upon as wonders? Look at such 

 horses as Flying Childers, Eclipse, Ma tchem, 

 Goldfinder, Gimcrack, Pot-8-os, Bay MaJton, 

 Glencoe, Bay Middleton, St. Albans, Blair Athol, 

 Favonius, &c. &c., who never ran as two-year- 

 olds. Again, look at Macgregor, who won the 

 2,000 guineas in 1870 ; and Doncaster, who 



