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lighter when he fought ' Pincher ' the second time, 

 than he was in the first fight ; and Mr. Parker 

 inferred from this circumstance that, in like manner, 

 horses could not do their best unless they were 

 thoroughly trained ; and his common-sense view of 

 the matter is worthy of our consideration. I remem- 

 ber that when Cedric won at Bath, as I have men- 

 tioned, Admiral Eous came up and complimented 

 Mr. Parker on his success. 



' Yes/ replied the latter, ' he is a bad horse, but 

 can stay well ; a thing which very few can do.' 



' You will find plenty at Woodyates that can, 

 Parker,' said the Admiral. This was true, and the 

 Admiral himself had many that could ; and the only 

 difference between the two men was, that the one did 

 know when he had one that could stay, and the other 

 did not. We have positive proof of this in the fact 

 of the Admiral disposing of Weather gage and Weather- 

 cock, as well as Killigrew, and, probably the best horse 

 of his year, Asteroid, simply because he did not recog- 

 nise their quality. 



Mr. Parker trained with me for fifteen years, and 

 we never had a serious disagreement that I remem- 

 ber. We parted for a very simple matter. I wanted 

 him to take Farce out of training. And it was a 

 farce, as truly as that that was her name, to keep her 

 in training. But he was very fond of her, as she was 

 out of his favourite mare One Act, that never bred 

 one worth a guinea, throwing back to her brother 



