110 HOKSE-BREAKING. 



Eake, Hermit, and Atlantic ; whilst others fall 

 down dead whilst at exercise, like Orinoco and 

 Aqiiilo. 



Eacing now-a-days is a money -making 

 business, carried on under the cloak of im- 

 proving the breed of our horses, which in 

 reality is quite a secondary consideration, 

 money-making being the chief object. I do 

 not say this out of spite, for I am very much 

 attached to racing : in fact it is, in my oj^inion, 

 the sport par excellence of all others. But I 

 must own I should like to see more attention 

 paid to the improvement of stock than to the 

 accumulation of the almighty dollar. So long 

 as we run two-year-olds, so long will the 

 stamina of our horses diminish, and oiu? two- 

 year-olds run a few times and, as a rule, 

 disappear for ever. 



