SPORTSMEN, FATIMERS, SCC. 43. 



not be stopped in their exercise; if they 

 are, they will grow pursive, 



I do not believe there ever was a better 

 horse than Mr. Robert Pigott's Shark, ex- 

 cepting Eclipse, which was a very uncom- 

 mon horse. — I will tell you what Shark 

 could do, by which you may give a tolera- 

 bly good guess whether you have nearly 

 the best horse of his year. Run five or six liovrtojudg* 



; whether or not 



of your young colts together, one mile: JJ^f^y^J^cX 

 if they all come in well together, you may ^^^^^^^^^^ 

 be sure that not one of them is worthy to 

 be kept in training, excepting you have 

 one amongst them, which is an uncom- 

 monly large sized colt, large limbed and 

 loose made. It is possible that, when he 

 comes to his strength, and fills up, he may 

 turn out a good horse. If you have one 

 colt, which, in the trial, ruus clear away 

 from all the rest, you may expect that he 

 will turn out a good runner. Take him, 

 about a fortnight after, run him with two of 

 the others which were the two first of tlflse 

 beaten ; for you must not run him with the 

 worst or last of the lot. Let him give them 

 both twenty-one pounds. If fete does not beat 



