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vity just past the Furzes on the town side, 

 Shark had beaten them full three hundred 

 yards ; so much so, that I rode up to Oak- 

 ley and told him to pull Shark up, and go 

 in, in the centre of the groupe. St. George 

 and the mare had a very severe race : he 

 just won it ; the other two were beaten 

 three or four lengths. 



St. George had been turned out in a 

 padock, at mj^ own house, in Berkshire, for 

 ten months, and well fed with corn the 

 whole time. He was wonderfully im- 

 proved ; for, before I turned him out, I ran 

 him with Salopian, across the Flat, and 

 Salopian beat him shamefully. 



Remember, every horse, including the 

 mare, was of the same age, — six years 

 old. Twentv-one pounds is the test of ^fae test ot 



1 speed m 



speed ; and this your colt must be able to ^^^''' 

 give to one which is a tolerable good run- 

 ner, and not to one which cannot run at 

 all, or yor. have not the best, or nearly the 

 best colt of the year. — So much for racing. 



We will now proceed to speak concern- 

 ijig the stud aad the breeding of colts. A 



Of the Stud, 

 and breedinjj- 

 of Horses. 



